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] The Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau was established in December 2002.^[4] The former Communauté de communes du Nord du Bassin de Thau was merged into it in January 2017, and its name was changed to Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée in September 2017.

Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Communauté d'agglomération
Location within the Hérault department
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
No. of communes	14
Established	2002
Seat	Frontignan
Government
• President	François Commeinhes
Area	310.3 km2 (119.8 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	125,325
• Density	404/km2 (1,050/sq mi)
Website	www.agglopole.fr

Composition

The agglomeration community consists of 14 communes:^[2][5][6]

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 also oversees:

• 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. CA du Bassin de Thau (N° SIREN : 243400827), BANATIC. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
5. Les 14 communes, Sète agglopôle méditerranée
6. Intercommunalité-Métropole de CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée (200066355), INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)

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