Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération

The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération is the Communauté d'agglomération, a type of local government structure, covering the metropolitan area of the city of Mulhouse in the department of Haut-Rhin and the region of Grand Est, northeastern France.^[1] Its area is 439.2 km². Its population was 274,066 in 2018, of which 108,942 in Mulhouse proper.^[2] The current president of the agglomeration community is Fabian Jordan, elected January 2017.^[3]

Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Communauté d'agglomération
Location within the Haut-Rhin department
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
No. of communes	39
Seat	Mulhouse
Government
• President	Fabian Jordan
Area	439.2 km2 (169.6 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	274,066
• Density	624/km2 (1,620/sq mi)
Website	www.mulhouse-alsace.fr

Composition

The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération covers 39 communes:^[4][5]

1. Baldersheim
2. Bantzenheim
3. Battenheim
4. Berrwiller
5. Bollwiller
6. Bruebach
7. Brunstatt-Didenheim
8. Chalampé
9. Dietwiller
10. Eschentzwiller
11. Feldkirch
12. Flaxlanden
13. Galfingue
14. Habsheim
15. Heimsbrunn
16. Hombourg
17. Illzach
18. Kingersheim
19. Lutterbach
20. Morschwiller-le-Bas
21. Mulhouse
22. Niffer
23. Ottmarsheim
24. Petit-Landau
25. Pfastatt
26. Pulversheim
27. Reiningue
28. Richwiller
29. Riedisheim
30. Rixheim
31. Ruelisheim
32. Sausheim
33. Staffelfelden
34. Steinbrunn-le-Bas
35. Ungersheim
36. Wittelsheim
37. Wittenheim
38. Zillisheim
39. Zimmersheim

Responsibilities

On behalf of its 39 communes, the agglomeration exercises responsibility for:^[6]

• Spatial planning
• District heating
• Social cohesion
• Culture and tourism
• Sustainable Development
• Economic Development
• Higher education
• Employment
• Sports facilities
• Housing
• Senior citizen's services
• Children's services
• Public safety and citizenship
• Street cleaning, garbage collection and waste disposal
• Transportation and travel

Some of these responsibilities are subcontracted to the private sector. For example, the provision of the agglomeration's bus and tram network is subcontracted to Soléa.