The Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis (CASA) is the ''
communauté d'agglomération
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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, southeastern
France
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. It was created in 2002, and takes its name from the technology park
Sophia Antipolis
(wisdom), gr, (Ἀντίπολις, antipolis) ("opposite city" from its position on the opposite side of the Var estuary from Nice, also former name of Antibes, part of the technology park)
, postal_code = 06220 (Vallauris), 06250 (Mo ...
. Its area is 482.8 km2. Its population was 177,077 in 2018, of which 72,915 in Antibes.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
Le Bar-sur-Loup
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Bézaudun-les-Alpes
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Bouyon
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Caussols
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Châteauneuf-Grasse
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La Colle-sur-Loup
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Coursegoules
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Les Ferres
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Le Rouret
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Saint-Paul-de-Vence
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Tourrettes-sur-Loup
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Valbonne
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Villeneuve-Loubet
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Conseil de Communauté
The ''Council of Communities'' is made up of 50 delegates from the above communes.
Jurisdiction
The CASA has for mandatory areas of jurisdiction:
* Economic development,
* Land management,
* Environmental protection,
* Town political structures.
It is to oversee as well:
* Organization of common transport problems,
* Sanitation collection and treatment,
* Assessment, protection, and economic impact of the local environment,
* The creation, management and assessment of cultural and sporting organizations across the communes.
Activities of the CASA
Areas over which the CASA has shared jurisdiction:
* Aeroports,
* Fisheries and shellfish cultivation,
* Vineyard Cultivation,
* Wine and Spirits production,
* Thermal Energy production,
* Tourism.
Sophia Antipolis
(wisdom), gr, (Ἀντίπολις, antipolis) ("opposite city" from its position on the opposite side of the Var estuary from Nice, also former name of Antibes, part of the technology park)
, postal_code = 06220 (Vallauris), 06250 (Mo ...
Sophia Antipolis
(wisdom), gr, (Ἀντίπολις, antipolis) ("opposite city" from its position on the opposite side of the Var estuary from Nice, also former name of Antibes, part of the technology park)
, postal_code = 06220 (Vallauris), 06250 (Mo ...