Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole () 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
Montpellier
Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...
. It is located in the
Hérault department, in the
Occitanie region
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, southern
France
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. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ''
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 ...
de Montpellier''.
Its area is 421.8 km
2. Its population was 481,276 in 2018, of which 290,053 in Montpellier proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. 4 April 2022.
History
The district of Montpellier was created in 1965. In 2001, it became an
agglomeration community (). On January 1, 2015, the Métropolitan community replaced the agglomeration community in accordance with a law of January 2014.
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]
Composition
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole covers the following 31 communes.[Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole (N° SIREN : 243400017)]
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.INSEE
/ref> The communes with « ° » are the 15 members of the former district of Montpellier.
# Baillargues°
# Beaulieu
# Castelnau-le-Lez°
# Castries
# Clapiers°
# Cournonsec
# Cournonterral
# Le Crès°
# Fabrègues
# Grabels°
# Jacou°
# Juvignac°
# Lattes°
# Lavérune
# Montaud
# Montferrier-sur-Lez°
#Montpellier
Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...
°
# Murviel-lès-Montpellier
# Pérols°
# Pignan
# Prades-le-Lez°
# Restinclières
# Saint-Brès
# Saint-Drézéry
# Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues
# Saint-Georges-d'Orques
# Saint-Jean-de-Védas°
# Saussan
# Sussargues
# Vendargues°
# Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone
Palavas-les-Flots left the Agglomeration community of Montpellier Agglomération on January 1, 2005. The commune was one of the initial member communes of the "district de Montpellier".
See also
* Transports de l'agglomération de Montpellier
References
Montpellier
Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...
Montpellier
Montpellier
Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...
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