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]

Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Communauté d'agglomération
Location within the Hérault department
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
No. of communes	14
Established	December 31, 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

Since the former Communauté de communes du Nord du Bassin de Thau was merged into it in January 2017, the agglomeration community consists of 14 communes:[2][4][5]

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

External links

• Official website (in French)

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