Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Communauté d'agglomération in Haut-Rhin
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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 area is 439.2 km2. Its population was 274,066 in 2018, of which 108,942 in Mulhouse proper.[2] The current president of the agglomeration community is Fabian Jordan, elected January 2017.[3]
Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération | |
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 Location within the Haut-Rhin department | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| No. of communes | 39 |
| Seat | Mulhouse |
| Government | |
| • President | Fabian Jordan |
Area | 439.2 km2 (169.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | 274,066 |
| • Density | 624.0/km2 (1,616/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Composition
The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération covers 39 communes:[4][5]
- Baldersheim
- Bantzenheim
- Battenheim
- Berrwiller
- Bollwiller
- Bruebach
- Brunstatt-Didenheim
- Chalampé
- Dietwiller
- Eschentzwiller
- Feldkirch
- Flaxlanden
- Galfingue
- Habsheim
- Heimsbrunn
- Hombourg
- Illzach
- Kingersheim
- Lutterbach
- Morschwiller-le-Bas
- Mulhouse
- Niffer
- Ottmarsheim
- Petit-Landau
- Pfastatt
- Pulversheim
- Reiningue
- Richwiller
- Riedisheim
- Rixheim
- Ruelisheim
- Sausheim
- Staffelfelden
- Steinbrunn-le-Bas
- Ungersheim
- Wittelsheim
- Wittenheim
- Zillisheim
- Zimmersheim
Responsibilities
On behalf of its 39 communes, the agglomeration exercises responsibility for:[6]
- 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.
