The Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole ( French: ''

Communauté Urbaine (; French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (). A is composed of a city ( commune) and its independent suburbs (independent communes). The first communautés urba ...

Marseille Provence Métropole'') is a former intercommunal structure gathering the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

(in

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, southern

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) and some of its suburbs. It was established on 7 July 2000.CU de Marseille Provence Métropole (MPM) (N° SIREN : 241300391)
BANATIC. Accessed 3 April 2022. On 1 January 2016 it merged into the Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence. The Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole only partly encompassed the metropolitan area of Marseille because the other independent

communes A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

of the metropolitan area (such as

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...

) refused to join in with the city of Marseille, which was perceived as poor and unruly by the wealthier suburbs. Some other suburban communes (such as

Aubagne Aubagne (; according to the classic norm or according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2020, the commune was awarded three flowers by the ...

Gardanne Gardanne (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Gardannais. Geography Situated close to Aix-en-Provence and Marseille and on the rail link connecting the two cities, Gardanne is bo ...

, and

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A ...

) which were ruled by the

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also refused to join in with Marseille which was ruled by the center-right UMP. Consequently, the other parts of the metropolitan area have formed different intercommunal structures, such as: * Community of Agglomeration of the Aix-en-Provence Country (''Communauté d'agglomération du Pays d'Aix-en-Provence''): 332,653 inhabitants * Agglomeration community of Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile (''Communauté d'agglomération Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile'') * Community of Agglomeration of the West of the Étang de Berre (''Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest de l'Étang de Berre''): 65,637 inhabitants, with Martigues in it

Member communes

The ''Communauté urbaine'' comprised the following

: * Allauch *

Carnoux-en-Provence Carnoux-en-Provence (; ), commonly referred to simply as Carnoux, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It was created in 1966 from the commune of Roquefort-la-Bédoule. ...

Carry-le-Rouet Carry-le-Rouet (; ) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then ...

Cassis Cassis (; Occitan: ''Cassís'') is a commune situated east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, in Southern France. It is a ...

Ceyreste Ceyreste (; ) is a commune located about 23 km (14.3 mi) east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. Population Its inhabitants are called ''Ceyrestens'' i ...

* Châteauneuf-les-Martigues *

La Ciotat La Ciotat (; ; in Mistralian spelling ''La Ciéutat''; 'the City') is a Communes of France, commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southern France. It ...

* Ensuès-la-Redonne *

Gémenos Gémenos (; ) is a commune located 20 kilometers east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. Population History A property abstract belonging to Wilhem, Count of Mars ...

* Gignac-la-Nerthe *

Marignane Marignane (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. Geography It is a component of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, and the largest suburb of the city of Marsei ...

* Plan-de-Cuques *

Roquefort-la-Bédoule Roquefort-la-Bédoule (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Bédoulens'' (masculine) and ''Bédoulennes'' (feminine). In 2018, Roquefort ...

* Le Rove *

Saint-Victoret Saint-Victoret (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is located northwest of Marseille. Saint-Victoret is a small market town situated just next to Marignane, no ...

Sausset-les-Pins Sausset-les-Pins (; ) or simply Sausset is a seaside commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is located on the Côte Bleue, just west of Carry-le-Rouet. It is part of the ...

Septèmes-les-Vallons Septèmes-les-Vallons (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is located 10.7 km (6.5 mi) north from the centre of Marseille. Population See also *Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône departmen ...

References

External links

Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole website

Former intercommunalities of Bouches-du-Rhône Geography of Marseille {{BouchesRhône-geo-stub