Bordeaux Métropole Explained

Type:	metro
Bordeaux Métropole
Insee:	33
Established Date:	1 January 2015
Nbcomm:	28
Seat:	Bordeaux
President:	Alain Anziani
Term:	2020 - 2026
Pop:	801041
Datepop:	2018
Area:	578.28

Bordeaux Métropole is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Bordeaux. It is located in the center of the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in South West France. It represents about half of the department's population. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux.^[1] It brings together 28 municipalities,^[2] and covers an area of .^[3] Its population was 801,041 in 2018, of which 257,068 resided in Bordeaux proper.^[3]

Bordeaux Métropole encompasses only the central part of the metropolitan area of Bordeaux (see infobox at Bordeaux article for the metropolitan area). Communes further away from the center of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as:

• Communauté de communes de Montesquieu
• Communauté de communes des Coteaux Bordelais
• Communauté de communes du Secteur de Saint-Loubès
• Communauté de communes Jalle Eau Bourde
• etc.

History

The Urban Community of Bordeaux (French: Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux), also known by its French initials CUB, was created in 1966 by the law of 31 December on urban communities which instituted the urban communities of Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg.

On 1 January 2015, the Métropole replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a law of January 2014.^{[1] [4] [5]}

Communes

The 28 communes of Bordeaux Métropole are:^{[1] [2]}

1. Ambarès-et-Lagrave
2. Ambès
3. Artigues-près-Bordeaux
4. Bassens
5. Bègles
6. Blanquefort
7. Bordeaux
8. Bouliac
9. Le Bouscat
10. Bruges
11. Carbon-Blanc
12. Cenon
13. Eysines
14. Floirac
15. Gradignan
16. Le Haillan
17. Lormont
18. Martignas-sur-Jalle
19. Mérignac
20. Parempuyre
21. Pessac
22. Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
23. Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand
24. Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
25. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
26. Le Taillan-Médoc
27. Talence
28. Villenave-d'Ornon

Administration

The Metropolitan Council consists of 101 members, one of them being the president, currently Alain Juppé, the mayor of Bordeaux.

Presidents of Metropolitan Bordeaux

Name			Dates du mandat		Parti	Notes
	Jacques Chaban-Delmas		1967	1977
	Michel Sainte-Marie		1977	1983		Deputy of Gironde / Mayor of Mérignac
	Jacques Chaban-Delmas		1983	1995
	Alain Juppé		1995	2004		Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux
	Alain Rousset		2004	2007		Mayor of Pessac / President of Aquitaine Regional Council / Resigned because of overlapping mandates
	Vincent Feltesse		2007	2014		Mayor of Blanquefort in 2012 / Deputy of Gironde
	Alain Juppé		2014	2019	LR	Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux, premier president of Bordeaux Métropole
	Patrick Bobet		2019	2020		Mayor of Bouscat ; replace Alain Juppé after he left in February 2019^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Décret n° 2014-1599 du 23 décembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée " Bordeaux Métropole " | Legifrance. 29 June 2017.
2. https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/V5/recherche-de-groupements/fiche-raison-sociale.php?siren=243300316 Bordeaux Métropole (N° SIREN : 243300316)
3. Web site: Key figures of the territory of the intercommunality . www.insee.fr. 4 April 2022.
4. Loi n° 2014–58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
5. Naissance de Bordeaux Métropole
6. Web site: Patrick Bobet succède à Alain Juppé à la Métropole de Bordeaux : "Un grand vide et un grand challenge". francebleu.fr. 15 February 2019. 16 February 2019.