Toulouse Métropole


Toulouse Métropole is the metropolis, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Toulouse. It is located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Toulouse. Its population was 760,127 in 2014, of which 474,246 in Toulouse proper. It is the 6th largest metropolitan area after Greater Paris, Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, Greater Lyon, Lille-Europe and Bordeaux. Its annual budget is € 1,4 billion.

History

It was created on January 1, 2015, succeeding the urban community of Toulouse, which had itself succeeded in 2009 and 2001 to previous districts created in 1992 with less powers than either the urban community or the current metropolitan region.

Geography

Due to local political feuds, Toulouse Métropole only hosts 59% of the population of the metropolitan area, the other independent communes of the metropolitan area having refused to join in, notably Muret and the technopolis of Labège-Innopole.
Consequently, the other parts of the metropolitan area have formed different intercommunal structures, such as:
The 37 communes of Toulouse Métropole are:
  1. Aigrefeuille
  2. Aucamville
  3. Aussonne
  4. Balma
  5. Beaupuy
  6. Beauzelle
  7. Blagnac
  8. Brax
  9. Bruguières
  10. Castelginest
  11. Colomiers
  12. Cornebarrieu
  13. Cugnaux
  14. Drémil-Lafage
  15. Fenouillet
  16. Flourens
  17. Fonbeauzard
  18. Gagnac-sur-Garonne
  19. Gratentour
  20. Launaguet
  21. Lespinasse
  22. Mondonville
  23. Mondouzil
  24. Mons
  25. Montrabé
  26. Pibrac
  27. Pin-Balma
  28. Quint-Fonsegrives
  29. Saint-Alban
  30. Saint-Jean
  31. Saint-Jory
  32. Saint-Orens-de-Gameville
  33. Seilh
  34. Toulouse
  35. Tournefeuille
  36. L'Union
  37. Villeneuve-Tolosane