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Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
No. of communes	27
Chief-town	Bordeaux
President	Vincent Feltesse (PS)
Founded	January 1, 1968
Budget	€ 852 million (2004)¹
Statistics
	Population
- 1999 census	659,998; (32.6% in the city of Bordeaux)
- Density	1,196/km²
Land area	551,88km²
	Web site
	www.bordeaux-metropole.com
	¹ After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Urban Community.

The Urban Community of Bordeaux (French: Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux), also known by its French initials CUB, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Bordeaux (France) and some of its suburbs.

The Urban Community of Bordeaux encompasses only the center 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:

Community of Communes of Montesquieu (Communauté de communes de Montesquieu): 30,883 inhabitants
Community of Communes of Cestas - Canéjan (Communauté de communes Cestas - Canéjan): 22,041 inhabitants
Community of Communes of the Saint-Loubès Area (Communauté de communes du secteur de Saint-Loubès): 21,366 inhabitants
etc.

[edit] History

UCB was created in 1966 by the law of 31 December on urban communities which instituted the urban communities of Strasbourg, Lille, Lyon et Bordeaux. The urban community was called Bordeaux Métropole starting 1 January 1968 but abandoned that name for the CUB in the 2000s.

[edit] Communes

The 27 communes of the Urban Community are:

[edit] External links

Urban Community of Bordeaux website

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