Bordeaux Métropole

Bordeaux Métropole (French pronunciation: [bɔʁdo metʁɔpɔl]) 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.^[2] It brings together 28 municipalities,^[3] and covers an area of 578.3 km² (223.3 sq mi).^[4] Its population was 801,041 in 2018, of which 257,068 resided in Bordeaux proper.^[4]

Bordeaux Métropole
Métropole
Location within the Gironde department
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
No. of communes	28
Established	1 January 2015
Seat	Bordeaux
Government
• President (2024–)	Christine Bost[1]
Area	578.28 km2 (223.28 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	801,041
• Density	1,385/km2 (3,590/sq mi)
Website	www.bordeaux-metropole.com

Road map of Bordeaux Métropole

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 Les Rives de la Laurence
• 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.^[2][5][6]

Communes

The 28 communes of Bordeaux Métropole are:^[2][3][7]

1. Ambarès-et-Lagrave
2. Ambès
3. Artigues-près-Bordeaux
4. Bassens
5. Bègles
6. Blanquefort
7. Bordeaux
8. Bouliac
9. Le Bouscat
10. Bruges
11. Carbon-Blanc
12. Cenon
13. Eysines
14. Floirac
15. Gradignan
16. Le Haillan
17. Lormont
18. Martignas-sur-Jalle
19. Mérignac
20. Parempuyre
21. Pessac
22. Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
23. Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand
24. Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
25. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
26. Le Taillan-Médoc
27. Talence
28. 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		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[8]