Located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France.

Created in January 2015, it replaced the previous Communauté urbaine de Toulouse.

[1] It is the 5th largest metropolis after Greater Paris, Aix-Marseille-Provence, Lille-Europe and Bordeaux.

[3] Created on 1 January 2015, it succeeded the urban community of Toulouse, which had itself succeeded in 2009 and 2001 from previous districts created in 1992 with less power than either the urban community or the current metropolitan region.

Consequently, the other parts of the metropolitan area have formed different intercommunal structures, such as: The 37 communes of Toulouse Métropole are:[2][4][5]