Urban Community of Bordeaux

{{French communate | nom=Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux | logo=[[File:Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux logo.png|center|Logo]] | images= | rég=[[Aquitaine]] | dépt=[[Gironde]] | création=January 1, 1968 | nbcomm=27 | siège=[[Bordeaux]] | prés=[[Vincent Feltesse]] | party=[[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] | mandat= | pop=659,998
(32.6% in the city of Bordeaux) | datepop=1999 census | superf=551,88 | hectares= | dens=1,196 | budget=€ 852 million (2004) | budgetsource=¹ | siteweb=[http://www.bordeaux-metropole.com www.bordeaux-metropole.com] | footnotes=¹ After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Urban Community. |}} The '''Urban Community of Bordeaux''' ([[French language|French]]: ''[[Communauté urbaine]] de Bordeaux''), also known by its French initials '''CUB''', is the [[Communes in France#Intercommunality|intercommunal]] structure gathering the [[Commune in France|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). [[Commune in France|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. == History == UCB was created in 1966 by the law of 31 December on [[Urban communities in France|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. ==Communes== The 27 communes of the Urban Community are: *[[Ambarès-et-Lagrave]] *[[Ambès]] *[[Artigues-près-Bordeaux]] *[[Bassens, Gironde|Bassens]] *[[Bègles]] *[[Blanquefort, Gironde|Blanquefort]] *[[Bordeaux]] *[[Bouliac]] *[[Le Bouscat]] *[[Bruges, Gironde|Bruges]] *[[Carbon-Blanc]] *[[Cenon]] *[[Eysines]] *[[Floirac, Gironde|Floirac]] *[[Gradignan]] *[[Le Haillan]] *[[Lormont]] *[[Mérignac, Gironde|Mérignac]] *[[Parempuyre]] *[[Pessac]] *[[Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc]] *[[Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand]] *[[Saint-Médard-en-Jalles]] *[[Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Gironde|Saint-Vincent-de-Paul]] *[[Le Taillan-Médoc]] *[[Talence]] *[[Villenave-d'Ornon]] ==External links== {{commons|Category:Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux|Urban Community of Bordeaux}} * [http://www.bordeaux-metropole.com/accueil/accueil.asp Urban Community of Bordeaux website] {{Urban Community of Bordeaux}} {{coord missing|France}}