COMMUNAUTé D'AGGLOMéRATION DU BASSIN DE THAU

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

Contents

Composition

Conseil de Communauté

Jurisdiction

Activities of the CABT

See Also

External Links

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'

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.

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.

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.

See Also

★ Intercommunalités de l'Hérault

External Links

★ CABT in the Official site of Sète

★ CABT in the Official site of Gigean

★ CABT in the Official site of Marseillan