Toulouse Métropole
Toulouse Métropole is the metropolis, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Toulouse. It is located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous . Its area is 458.2 km. Its population was 783,353 in 2018, of which 486,828 in Toulouse proper. It is the 6th largest metropolitan area after Greater Paris, , Greater Lyon, Lille-Europe and Bordeaux. Its annual budget is €1,4 billion (2015). History. It was created on 1 January 2015, succeeding the urban community of Toulouse, which had itself succeeded in 2009  and 2001 to previous districts created in 1992 with less powers than either the urban community or the current metropolitan region. Geography. Due to local political feuds, Toulouse Métropole only hosts 59% of the population of the metropolitan area (see infobox at Toulouse article for the metropolitan area), the other independent communes of the metropolitan area having refused to join in, notably Muret and the technopolis of Labège-Innopole. Consequently, the other parts of the metropolitan area have formed different intercommunal structures, such as: Member communes. The 37 communes of Toulouse Métropole are: