Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac
# Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac

The Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac (CABA) is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Aurillac. It is located in the Cantal department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, south-central France. It was created in 1999 and came into effect on 1 January 2000. Its area is 491.9 $km^2.$ Its population was 53,247 in 2018, including 25,531 in Aurillac proper.

## Composition

The CABA consists of 25 communes:

* Arpajon-sur-Cère
* Aurillac
* Ayrens
* Carlat
* Crandelles
* Giou-de-Mamou
* Jussac
* Labrousse
* Lacapelle-Viescamp
* Laroquevieille
* Lascelle
* Mandailles-Saint-Julien
* Marmanhac
* Naucelles
* Reilhac
* Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne
* Saint-Paul-des-Landes
* Saint-Simon
* Sansac-de-Marmiesse
* Teissières-de-Cornet
* Velzic
* Vézac
* Vezels-Roussy
* Yolet
* Ytrac

## Administration

### Administrative seat

The administrative seat of the CA du Bassin d'Aurillac is located on Place des Carmes in Aurillac.

### Elected members

Since the re-election of municipal councils in March 2020, the Council of Communities of the CA du Bassin d'Aurillac has been composed of 68 elected councilors representing each of the member communes for a period of six years. They are distributed as follows:

| Number of councilors | Communes |
| - | - |
| 27 | Aurillac |
| 7 | Arpajon-sur-Cère |
| 5 | Ytrac |
| 2 | Jussac, Naucelles, Reilhac, Saint-Paul-des-Landes, Saint-Simon, Sansac-de-Marmiesse, Vézac. |
| 1 (+ 1 substitute) | Remaining 15 communes of the CA du Basin d'Aurillac. |

### Presidency

List of successive presidents of the communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac :

| In office | In office | Name | Party | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | 2001 | Yvon Bec | MDC | Mayor of Aurillac (1995—2001) |
| 19 March 2001 | 25 June 2017 | Jacques Mézard | PRG | General councilor of Cantal (1995—2001) Senator from Cantal (2008—2019) |
| 25 June 2017 | July 2020 | Michel Roussy | PS | Mayor of Arpajon-sur-Cère (2014—2020) |
| July 2020 | Incumbent | Pierre Mathonier | PS | Mayor of Aurillac (2013—present) |

## Jurisdiction

The CABA has for mandatory areas of jurisdiction:

* Economic development
* Land management
* Environmental protection
* Town political structures

It is to oversee as well:

* 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 of the CABA

Areas over which the CABA has shared jurisdiction:

* Airports
* Fisheries and shellfish cultivation
* Vineyard cultivation
* Wine and spirits production
* Thermal energy production
* Tourism
