Toulouse_Métropole
Toulouse Métropole
Métropole in Occitania, France
Toulouse Métropole is one of 20 French metropolises, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Toulouse. Located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. Created in January 2015, it replaced the previous Communauté urbaine de Toulouse.[2] With an area of 458.2 km2, and a population of 783,353 in 2018, of which 486,828 are in Toulouse proper.[1] It is the 5th largest metropolis after Greater Paris, Aix-Marseille-Provence, Lille-Europe and Bordeaux. The annual budget is €1,4 billion (2015).[3]