Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération

The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération is the Communauté d'agglomération, a type of local government structure, covering the metropolitan area of the city of Mulhouse in the department of Haut-Rhin and the region of Grand Est, northeastern France.[1] Its population was 277,999 in 2014, of which 112,812 in Mulhouse proper.[2] The current president of the agglomeration community is Fabian Jordan, elected January 2017.[3]

Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Communauté d'agglomération
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
No. of communes39
SeatMulhouse
Government
 • PresidentFabian Jordan
Population
 (2014)
 • Total277,999
Websitewww.mulhouse-alsace.fr

Composition

The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération covers 39 communes:[2][4]

  1. Baldersheim
  2. Bantzenheim
  3. Battenheim
  4. Berrwiller
  5. Bollwiller
  6. Bruebach
  7. Brunstatt-Didenheim
  8. Chalampé
  9. Dietwiller
  10. Eschentzwiller
  11. Feldkirch
  12. Flaxlanden
  13. Galfingue
  14. Habsheim
  15. Heimsbrunn
  16. Hombourg
  17. Illzach
  18. Kingersheim
  19. Lutterbach
  20. Morschwiller-le-Bas
  21. Mulhouse
  22. Niffer
  23. Ottmarsheim
  24. Petit-Landau
  25. Pfastatt
  26. Pulversheim
  27. Reiningue
  28. Richwiller
  29. Riedisheim
  30. Rixheim
  31. Ruelisheim
  32. Sausheim
  33. Staffelfelden
  34. Steinbrunn-le-Bas
  35. Ungersheim
  36. Wittelsheim
  37. Wittenheim
  38. Zillisheim
  39. Zimmersheim

Responsibilities

On behalf of its 39 communes, the agglomeration exercises responsibility for:[5]

  • Spatial planning
  • District heating
  • Social cohesion
  • Culture and tourism
  • Sustainable Development
  • Economic Development
  • Higher education
  • Employment
  • Sports facilities
  • Housing
  • Senior citizen's services
  • Children's services
  • Public safety and citizenship
  • Street cleaning, garbage collection and waste disposal
  • Transportation and travel

Some of these responsibilities are subcontracted to the private sector. For example, the provision of the agglomeration's bus and tram network is subcontracted to Soléa.

References
  1. "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  2. BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-06-28.
  3. "Président". www.mulhouse-alsace.fr. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  4. INSEE
  5. "Compétences". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.


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