Bordeaux Métropole (French pronunciation: [bɔʁdo metʁɔpɔl]) is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Bordeaux.
It is located in the center of the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in South West France.
It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux.
[1] It brings together 28 municipalities,[2] and covers an area of 578.3 km2 (223.3 sq mi).
Communes further away from the center of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as: The Urban Community of Bordeaux (French: Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux), also known by its French initials CUB, was created in 1966 by the law of 31 December on urban communities which instituted the urban communities of Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg.