The communauté urbaine Caen la Mer is the '' communauté urbaine'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

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Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

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, northwestern

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. It was created in January 2017, replacing the previous ''

Communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté u ...

Caen la Mer'' and two communautés de communes.Arrêté préfectoral
28 July 2016 Its area is 362.9 km². Its population was 268,470 in 2018, of which 105,512 in Caen proper.

History

The communauté urbaine had its origins in the creation in 1990 of a ''District of Greater Caen'' (DGC) which consisted of 18 communes. Since then the grouping transformed itself in 2002 into an Agglomeration called the ''Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Caen''. Since 2004 it has been called the ''communauté d'agglomération Caen la mer''. The community welcomed ten more member communes on 1 January 2003 and Sannerville on 1 January 2004. From 1 January 2013, a further six communes were accepted into the agglomeration: three communes from the former ''Communauté de communes des Rives de l'Odonn'' (which consisted of

Tourville-sur-Odon Tourville-sur-Odon (, literally ''Tourville on Odon'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 comm ...

, Verson, and Mouen) and Colleville-Montgomery,

Ouistreham Ouistreham () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France. Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders th ...

, and Saint-André-sur-Orne. This regrouping created an agglomeration of 236,167 inhabitants. In January 2017 the agglomeration community merged with the former commune communities of Entre Thue et Mue and Plaine Sud de Caen, and became an urban community. The agglomeration staff numbered 650 workers in 2009, with an annual budget of €245 million, of which €95.9 million were investments.

Presidents of Caen la Mer

* 23 November 1990 - 9 April 2001 : Jean-Marie Girault ( UDF), Mayor of Caen * 10 April 2001 - 17 April 2008 : Luc Duncombe ( UDF-NC), Deputy Mayor of Caen * 18 April 2008 - 25 April 2014 :

Philippe Duron Philippe Duron (born 19 June 1947) is a French politician. He was the mayor of Caen between 2008 and 2014 and deputy for Calvados's 1st constituency. Philippe Duron received a degree in history in 1975 and was a teacher until 1997. His polit ...

( PS), Mayor of Caen * 25 April 2014 - present : Joël Bruneau ( The Republicans), Mayor of Caen

Member communes

The communauté urbaine Caen la Mer consists of the following 48 communes:CU Caen la Mer (N° SIREN : 200065597)
BANATIC. Accessed 5 April 2022. # Authie # Bénouville # Biéville-Beuville # Blainville-sur-Orne #

Bourguébus Bourguébus () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes An intentional community is a ...

Bretteville-sur-Odon Bretteville-sur-Odon (, literally ''Bretteville on Odon'') is a commune in the department of Calvados in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It lies on the river Odon, about west of Caen. Population Twin towns * Woodbury, Devon, UK ...

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Cairon Cairon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Geography The commune of Cairon is situated in Normandy, in Calvados, 5 kilometers to the north-west of Caen. The Mue river and its tributary the ...

Cambes-en-Plaine Cambes-en-Plaine () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados departme ...

Carpiquet Carpiquet () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Caen – Carpiquet Airport is located in Carpiquet. Geography Carpiquet is on the western side of the Caen metropolitan area. The town is div ...

Le Castelet Le Castelet () is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Garcelles-Secqueville and Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil.Castine-en-Plaine Castine-en-Plaine (, literally ''Limestone in Plain'') is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Hubert-Folie, Rocquancourt and Tilly-la ...

# Colleville-Montgomery # Colombelles # Cormelles-le-Royal # Cuverville # Démouville #

Épron Épron () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of Franc ...

Éterville Éterville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes An intentional community is a vo ...

# Fleury-sur-Orne # Giberville # Grentheville #

Hermanville-sur-Mer Hermanville-sur-Mer () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population Sights * 13th century church * Commonwealth war cemetery * Old village centre * Villa la Bluette, an 1899 villa by arc ...

# Hérouville-Saint-Clair # Ifs # Le Fresne-Camilly #

Lion-sur-Mer Lion-sur-Mer (, literally ''Lion on Sea'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Geography Lion-sur-Mer is located on the edge of the English Channel, more precisely on the '' Côte de Nacre'' ...

# Louvigny #

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# Mondeville # Mouen #

# Périers-sur-le-Dan # Rosel # Rots # Saint-André-sur-Orne # Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay # Saint-Contest #

Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also * Ardenne Abbey *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes ...

Saint-Manvieu-Norrey Saint-Manvieu-Norrey () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. History The town was liberated on 26 June 1944 as part of Operation Epsom by Scottish troops from the Lowland Infantry Brigade's 4 ...

# Sannerville # Soliers #

Thaon Thaon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes An intentional community is a vol ...

Thue et Mue Thue et Mue () is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse (the seat), Brouay, Cheux, Le Mesnil-Patry, P ...

# Troarn # Verson #

Villons-les-Buissons Villons-les-Buissons () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados depar ...

Member communes before 2017

As of 2016 the ''Communauté d'agglomération Caen la Mer'' included 35 communes.CA Caen la mer (N° SIREN : 200033157)
BANATIC. Accessed 5 April 2022. Of these 35 communes, 17 were also part of the

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of Caen. Four communes of the urban unit of Caen (

Baron-sur-Odon Baron-sur-Odon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Baronnais'' or ''Baronnaises''. The commune has been awarded one flower by the ''National Cou ...

, Fontaine-Étoupefour, Mondrainville and Rots) were not part of the communauté d'agglomération. The Commune members send a total of 139 delegates to the communitary council''

Ouest-France ''Ouest-France'' ( ; French for "West-France") is a daily French newspaper known for its emphasis on both local and national news. The paper is produced in 47 different editions covering events in different French départments within the rég ...

'', Caen Edition, 30 November 2012

Skills

In accordance with the provisions of the Chevènement Act of 12 July 1999, the responsibilities delegated by the member municipalities of Caen La Mer are divided into three groups: * Required skills * Facilitative skills and * Optional skills These were determined by the decision of the Community Council of 21 January 2005. The communauté d'agglomération collects only one tax: a business tax (TP) of 16.06% per annum of the rental value of buildings.

Required Skills

Economic Development

* The creation, development, maintenance and management of areas of industrial, commercial, services, handicrafts, tourism, ports, and airport activities (e.g.

Port of Caen The Port of Caen (French: ''Port de Caen)'' is the harbour and port authority of the Norman city of Caen, France. The port of Caen is composed of a series of basins on the Canal de Caen à la Mer, linking Caen to Ouistreham, 15 km (9.3&nbs ...

Caen – Carpiquet Airport Caen – Carpiquet Airport (French: ''Aéroport de Caen - Carpiquet)'' is an international airport located in Carpiquet, 6 km west of Caen, both ''communes'' of the Calvados ''département'' in the Normandy (formerly Lower Normandy) ''regio ...

) in the interests of the community * Economic development activities recognized as of community interest with the SEM Normandy development and the agency Synergia.

Development of Community spaces

* Planning Territorial Coherence and master plan * Design and production of ZAC recognized developments in the community interest * Organisation of Urban Transport. In this context, the community is associated with the ''General Council of Calvados'' in a joint union called ''Viacités'', the transport organizing authority of the agglomeration, to whom it delegates its public transport network - the bus and tram network ''

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''.

Social balance of housing

* the ''Local Habitat Program'' (PLH), signed in 2003, for the annual construction of 1,400 housing units, including 400 for social security, until 2010 * Housing policy in the community interest * Actions and financial aid for social housing recognized as being in the community interest * Reserve land for the implementation of the EU's social policy for a balanced habitat * Actions, by operations of community interest, for housing for the poor * Improvement of the housing stock of the community

City Policy

Contractual arrangements for urban development, local development and the economic and social integration of community interests (e.g. the ''City Contract'' and ''Urban Contract for social cohesion'', the ''Grand City project'' and ANRU convention, and the local integration program for the economy (PLIE) * Local measures in the community interest to prevent delinquency * Counselling to prevent delinquency and local security measures.

Optional Skills

Roads

* Creation or development and maintenance of roads recognized to be in the community interest * Creation or development and management of parking areas recognized to be in the community interest.

Sanitation

The community has all the skills of the member communes to monitor, collect and treat wastewater through two stations. * Protection and enhancement of the environment: :Fight against air pollution :Fight against nuisance noise :Collect and eliminate or use waste from households and other waste through the management of five civic recycling centres.

Facilitative Skills

* Security and control of fire: :Participation in the Fire and Rescue service (SDIS) * Secretariat of the security committee of the town * Actions for higher education: :Actions and research on public and private higher education in the community interest. * Telecommunications network: Creation of a telecommunications network available for all * Fight against floods * Welcoming of

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* Planning and Land Management. * Culture and Sports: construction, development, maintenance and management of cultural and sports facilities recognized to be in the community interest :the swimming pools at the Aquatic Stadia in the Grace of God, the Chemin-Vert, and the Montmorency districts, and the ice-skating rink. * Libraries: at ''Caen'', ''Hérouville'', and ''Ifs''; * Theatres: Champ Exquisite at Blainville and Jean-Vilar at Ifs; * Cinemas: ''Le Lux'' and ''Le Café des images'' * Conservatory and the musical season of the Caen Orchestra * School of Fine Arts and Media of Caen * Management of Union House * Suburban parks and rural areas: :development and management of suburban parks in the agglomeration :development of rural areas within the jurisdiction of the communes * Littoral :maintenance and management of angle parking areas and municipal government

levees A levee (), dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure that is usually earthen and that often runs parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastli ...

. :find means to supervise and monitor places of swimming and water activities, subject to the exercise of police powers by the mayors :monitoring and maintenance of beaches subject to the exercise of police powers by the mayors * Development and promotional activities in the community interest such as: :Provision to the member communes of means to take Community action (especially in the context of Article L5211-56 of the General Code for Local Authorities)

References

External links

Official website
{{Communauté urbaine

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