Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau

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Communauté d'agglomération Bassin de Thau (CAC)
Geography
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Hérault
Chief-town Balaruc-les-Bains
President François Commeinhes
Founded December 31 2002
Budget 87 M € (budget 2006)
Statistics
Population
 - 2005 84,275
Land area 168;32km²
France


The Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau is a intercommunal government structure, in the Hérault département of the Languedoc-Roussillon région, in France.


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[edit] Composition

The CABT includes primary members from these eight communes.

Commune Area (km²) Population (2005) Number of officials
Balaruc-les-Bains 8.66 5,745 4
Balaruc-le-Vieux 5.92 1,813 3
Frontignan 31.72 19,293 7
Gigean 16.56 4,579 3
Marseillan 51.71 7,734 4
Mireval 11.05 3,049 3
Sète 24.21 43,400 12
Vic-la-Gardiole 18.49 2,483 3
Total 168.32 84,275 39


[edit] Conseil de Communauté

The Council of Communities is made up of 8 mayors of the above communes and of 31 representatives from other communes and governing bodies in the area.


[edit] Jurisdiction

The CABT has for 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.

[edit] Activities of the CABT

Areas over which the CABT has shared jurisdiction:

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


[edit] See also

  • Intercommunalités de l'Hérault

[edit] External links


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