Montpellier_Méditerranée_Métropole

Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole

Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole

Métropole in Occitania, France

Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Montpellier. It is located in the Hérault department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté d'agglomération de Montpellier.[1] Its area is 421.8 km2. Its population was 481,276 in 2018, of which 290,053 in Montpellier proper.[2]

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History

The district of Montpellier was created in 1965. In 2001, it became an agglomeration community (French: Communauté d'agglomération Montpellier Agglomération).[3] On January 1, 2015, the Métropolian community replaced the agglomeration community in accordance with a law of January 2014.[1][4]

Composition

Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole covers the following 31 communes.[5][1][6][7] The communes with « ° » are the 15 members of the former district of Montpellier.

  1. Baillargues°
  2. Beaulieu
  3. Castelnau-le-Lez°
  4. Castries
  5. Clapiers°
  6. Cournonsec
  7. Cournonterral
  8. Le Crès°
  9. Fabrègues
  10. Grabels°
  11. Jacou°
  12. Juvignac°
  13. Lattes°
  14. Lavérune
  15. Montaud
  16. Montferrier-sur-Lez°
  17. Montpellier°
  18. Murviel-lès-Montpellier
  19. Pérols°
  20. Pignan
  21. Prades-le-Lez°
  22. Restinclières
  23. Saint-Brès
  24. Saint-Drézéry
  25. Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues
  26. Saint-Georges-d'Orques
  27. Saint-Jean-de-Védas°
  28. Saussan
  29. Sussargues
  30. Vendargues°
  31. Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

Palavas-les-Flots left the Agglomeration community of Montpellier Agglomération on January 1, 2005. The commune was one of the initial member communes of the "district de Montpellier".

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Décret n° 2014-1605 du 23 décembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée « Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole » | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  2. [2]
    Comparateur de territoire, INSEE. 4 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole website[permanent dead link], history
  4. [4]
    (in French) Loi n° 2014-58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
  5. [5]
    Metropolitan Montpellier Méditerranée website, communes
  6. [6]
    Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole (N° SIREN : 243400017), BANATIC. Accessed 4 April 2022.
  7. [7]
    INSEE

43°37′N 3°52′E


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