Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée (before September 2017: ''Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau'') is an intercommunal government structure, in the

Hérault Hérault (; , ) is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault (river), Hérault River, its Prefectures in France, prefecture is M ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

'' of the Occitanie ''

région France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have ...

'', in

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. Its seat is in

Frontignan Frontignan (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Frontignan is renowned for its AOC wine, the Muscat de Frontignan, a sweet wine made solely from the Muscat grape variety. Geography Frontignan is located in th ...

.CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée (N° SIREN : 200066355)
BANATIC, accessed 4 November 2024. Its area is 310.3 km². Its population was 125,325 in 2018, of which 43,686 in

Sète Sète (; , ), also historically spelled ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises'' (fem ...

and 22,731 in Frontignan.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022. The Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau was established in December 2002. The former Communauté de communes du Nord du Bassin de Thau was merged into it in January 2017, and its name was changed to Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée in September 2017.

Composition

The agglomeration community consists of 14 communes:Intercommunalité : Communauté d'agglomération Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
INSEE # Balaruc-les-Bains #

Balaruc-le-Vieux Balaruc-le-Vieux (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the ...

# Bouzigues #

# Gigean #

Loupian Loupian (; ) is a commune in the Hérault département in southern France. Population See also * Loupian Roman villa * Étang de Thau *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. ...

# Marseillan #

Mèze Mèze (; ; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Its inhabitants are called . Geography Situated on the étang de Thau, Mèze shares with Bouzigues its historic role as the oyster capital of the area. Almost a thir ...

Mireval Mireval (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in Occitanie in southern France. Vic-Mireval station has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon. It is famous for its muscat wine, the ''Muscat de Mireval'', about which ...

Montbazin Montbazin (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. It is part of the Agglomeration of Sète, Sete. I ...

# Poussan #

# Vic-la-Gardiole #

Villeveyrac Villeveyrac (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comun� ...

Jurisdiction

The agglomeration community has four mandatory areas of jurisdiction: * Economic development, * Land management, * Environmental protection, * Town political structures. It also oversees: *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

Areas over which the agglomeration community has shared jurisdiction: *Ports, *Fisheries and shellfish cultivation, *Vineyard Cultivation, *Wine and Spirits production, *Thermal Energy production, *Tourism.

References

External links

Official website
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