Toulouse Métropole () is one of 20
French metropolises, an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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of
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
. Located in the
Haute-Garonne
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department, in the
Occitanie region
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, southern
France
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. Created in January 2015, it replaced the previous .
With an area of 458.2 km
2, and a population of 783,353 in 2018, of which 486,828 are in Toulouse proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. 4 April 2022. It is the 5th largest metropolis after
Greater Paris, ,
Lille-Europe and
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
. The annual budget is €1,4 billion (2015).
History
Created on 1 January 2015, it succeeded the
urban community of Toulouse, which had itself succeeded in 2009 and 2001 from previous districts created in 1992 with less power than either the urban community or the current metropolitan region.
Geography
Due to local political feuds, Toulouse Métropole only hosts 59% of the population of the metropolitan area (see infobox at
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
article for the metropolitan area), the other independent
communes of the metropolitan area having refused to join in, notably
Muret and the
technopolis of
Labège-Innopole.
Consequently, the other parts of the metropolitan area have formed different intercommunal structures, such as:
* Communauté d'agglomération
Le Muretain Agglo
* Communauté d'agglomération du
Sicoval, with
Labège-Innopole in it
*
Communauté de communes de la Save au Touch
* etc.
Member communes
The 37 communes of Toulouse Métropole are:
[Toulouse Métropole (N° SIREN : 243100518)]
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.Intercommunalité : Toulouse Métropole
INSEE
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Aigrefeuille
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Aucamville
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Aussonne
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Balma
Balma (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in southwestern France. It is east of Toulouse.
The name of the town comes from the old Provençal dialect, Provençal word meaning "cave" or "gr ...
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Beaupuy
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Beauzelle
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Blagnac
Blagnac (; ) is a Communes of France, commune of the greater Toulouse area in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in southwestern France. The city hosts the aviation museum Aeroscopia.
It is the third-largest suburb of the city o ...
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Brax
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Bruguières
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Castelginest
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Colomiers
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Cornebarrieu
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Cugnaux
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Drémil-Lafage
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Fenouillet
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Flourens
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Fonbeauzard
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Gagnac-sur-Garonne
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Gratentour
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Launaguet
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Lespinasse
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Mondonville
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Mondouzil
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Mons
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* Batt ...
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Montrabé
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Pibrac
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Pin-Balma
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Quint-Fonsegrives
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Saint-Alban
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Saint-Jean
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Saint-Jory
Saint-Jory (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is served by Saint-Jory station on the Bordeaux-Toulouse line.
Population
Sights
The Château de Saint-Jory is a 16th-century castle which is listed as ...
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Saint-Orens-de-Gameville
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Seilh
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Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
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Tournefeuille
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L'Union
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Villeneuve-Tolosane
References
External links
Metropolitan Toulouse website
Toulouse
Metropolis in France
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
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