Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée

Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée (before September 2017: Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau)[1] is an intercommunal government structure, in the Hérault département of the Occitanie région, in France. Its seat is in Frontignan.[2] Its area is 310.3 km2. Its population was 125,325 in 2018, of which 43,686 in Sète and 22,731 in Frontignan.[3]

Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Communauté d'agglomération
Location within the Hérault department
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHérault
No. of communes14
EstablishedDecember 31, 2002
SeatFrontignan
Government
 • PresidentFrançois Commeinhes
Area
310.3 km2 (119.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
125,325
 • Density404/km2 (1,050/sq mi)
Websitewww.agglopole.fr

Composition

Since the former Communauté de communes du Nord du Bassin de Thau was merged into it in January 2017, the agglomeration community consists of 14 communes:[2][4][5]

  1. Balaruc-les-Bains
  2. Balaruc-le-Vieux
  3. Bouzigues
  4. Frontignan
  5. Gigean
  6. Loupian
  7. Marseillan
  8. Mèze
  9. Mireval
  10. Montbazin
  11. Poussan
  12. Sète
  13. Vic-la-Gardiole
  14. Villeveyrac

Jurisdiction

The agglomeration community has four 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

Areas over which the agglomeration community has shared jurisdiction:

  • Ports,
  • Fisheries and shellfish cultivation,
  • Vineyard Cultivation,
  • Wine and Spirits production,
  • Thermal Energy production,
  • Tourism.

References
  1. Cécile Chaigneau (2017-09-14). "La nouvelle agglo Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée construit son projet de territoire" (in French). La Tribune Languedoc-Roussillon. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée (N° SIREN : 200066355), BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022.
  3. Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
  4. Les 14 communes, Sète agglopôle méditerranée
  5. Intercommunalité-Métropole de CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée (200066355), INSEE


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