The Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis (CASA) is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

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Antibes Antibes (, , ; ) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Ca ...

. It is located in the

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department, in the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the Metropolitan France, mainland. The main P ...

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, southeastern

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. It was created in 2002, and takes its name from the technology park

Sophia Antipolis Sophia Antipolis is a 2,400 hectare technology park in southeast France, and as of 2021 home to 2,500 companies, valued today at more than 5.6 billion euros and employing more than 38,000 people counting more than 80 nationalities. The park is ...

. 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.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 24 communes:CA de Sophia Antipolis (N° SIREN : 240600585)
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* Le Bar-sur-Loup *

Bézaudun-les-Alpes Bézaudun-les-Alpes (; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department The following is a list of the 163 communes of the Alpes-Maritimes dep ...

* Biot * Bouyon * Caussols * Châteauneuf-Grasse * Cipières * La Colle-sur-Loup * Conségudes * Courmes * Coursegoules * Les Ferres * Gourdon * Gréolières * Opio * La Roque-en-Provence * Roquefort-les-Pins * Le Rouret *

Saint-Paul-de-Vence Saint-Paul-de-Vence (, literally ''Saint-Paul of Vence''; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. One of the oldest medieval towns on the French Riviera, Saint-Pau ...

* Tourrettes-sur-Loup * Valbonne * Vallauris *

Villeneuve-Loubet Villeneuve-Loubet (; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It lies between Cagnes-sur-Mer and Antibes, at the mouth of the river Loup, ten kilometres west of ...

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.

References

External links

CASA

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