Bordeaux Métropole
# Bordeaux Métropole

Bordeaux Métropole is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Bordeaux. It is located in the center of the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in South West France. It represents about half of the department's population. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux. It brings together 28 municipalities, and covers an area of 578.3 $km^2$ (223.3 sq mi). Its population was 801,041 in 2018, of which 257,068 resided in Bordeaux proper.

Bordeaux Métropole encompasses only the central part of the metropolitan area of Bordeaux (see infobox at Bordeaux article for the metropolitan area). Communes further away from the center of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as:

* Communauté de communes de Montesquieu
* Communauté de communes des Coteaux Bordelais
* Communauté de communes du Secteur de Saint-Loubès
* Communauté de communes Jalle Eau Bourde
* etc.

## History

The Urban Community of Bordeaux (French: Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux), also known by its French initials CUB, was created in 1966 by the law of 31 December on urban communities which instituted the urban communities of Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg.

On 1 January 2015, the Métropole replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a law of January 2014.

## Communes

The 28 communes of Bordeaux Métropole are:

* Ambarès-et-Lagrave
* Ambès
* Artigues-près-Bordeaux
* Bassens
* Bègles
* Blanquefort
* Bordeaux
* Bouliac
* Le Bouscat
* Bruges
* Carbon-Blanc
* Cenon
* Eysines
* Floirac
* Gradignan
* Le Haillan
* Lormont
* Martignas-sur-Jalle
* Mérignac
* Parempuyre
* Pessac
* Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
* Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand
* Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
* Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
* Le Taillan-Médoc
* Talence
* Villenave-d'Ornon

## Administration

The Metropolitan Council consists of 101 members, one of them being the president, currently Alain Juppé, the mayor of Bordeaux.

## Presidents of Metropolitan Bordeaux

| Name | Dates du mandat | Dates du mandat | Parti | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1967 | 1977 | UDR | Mayor of Bordeaux / Deputy of Gironde |
| Michel Sainte-Marie | 1977 | 1983 | PS | Deputy of Gironde / Mayor of Mérignac |
| Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1983 | 1995 | RPR | Mayor of Bordeaux / Deputy of Gironde |
| Alain Juppé | 1995 | 2004 | UMP | Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux |
| Alain Rousset | 2004 | 2007 | PS | Mayor of Pessac / President of Aquitaine Regional Council / Resigned because of overlapping mandates |
| Vincent Feltesse | 2007 | 2014 | PS | Mayor of Blanquefort in 2012 / Deputy of Gironde |
| Alain Juppé | 2014 | 2019 | UMP LR | Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux, premier president of Bordeaux Métropole |
| Patrick Bobet | 2019 | 2020 | LR | Mayor of Bouscat ; replace Alain Juppé after he left in February 2019 |
