The Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée () is the ''
métropole
A (; French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in France, in which several communes cooperate, and which has the right to levy local tax, an ''établissement public de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre''. It is the mo ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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of
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department.
The Commune of Toulon h ...
. It is located in the
Var 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 ...
region
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, southeastern
France
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. It was created in January 2018,
replacing 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 ...
'' that had been created in December 2001. Its area is 366.4 km
2. Its population was 438,985 in 2018, of which 176,198 in Toulon proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. 4 April 2022.
Composition
The métropole consists of the following 12 communes:
[Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée (N° SIREN : 248300543)]
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.Intercommunalité : Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée
INSEE
# Carqueiranne
# La Crau
# La Garde
#Hyères
Hyères (), Provençal dialect, Provençal Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (département), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Al ...
#Ollioules
Ollioules (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (département), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in southeastern France. It is a western suburb of Toulon.
Population
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# Le Pradet
# Le Revest-les-Eaux
# Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer
# La Seyne-sur-Mer
# Six-Fours-les-Plages
#Toulon
Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department.
The Commune of Toulon h ...
# La Valette-du-Var
References
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department.
The Commune of Toulon h ...
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department.
The Commune of Toulon h ...
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