Aurillac Agglomération (until 2025: ''Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac'' or ''CABA'') is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Aurillac Aurillac (; ) is the prefecture of the Cantal department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Geography Aurillac is at above sea level and located at the foot of the Cantal mountains in a small sedimentary basin. The city is b ...

. It is located in the

Cantal Cantal (; or ) is a rural Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour, Cantal, Saint-Flou ...

department, in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...

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, south-central

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. It was created in 1999 and came into effect on 1 January 2000.Statuts de la Communauté d’Agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac
/ref> Its area is 491.9 km². Its population was 53,247 in 2018, including 25,531 in Aurillac proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.

Composition

Aurillac Agglomération consists of 25 communes: #

Arpajon-sur-Cère Arpajon-sur-Cère (, literally ''Arpajon on Cère''; or just ) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France. Geography Arpajon-sur-Cère is located immediately to the south of Aurillac some 70 km ...

# Ayrens #

Carlat Carlat () is a commune in the south-central French department of Cantal. The "Rocher de Carlat" or rock of Carlat situated above the picturesque commune was once the site of one of the most powerful and impenetrable chateaux in all of France ...

# Crandelles #

Giou-de-Mamou Giou-de-Mamou (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Geography Giou-de-Mamou is 564 km away from Paris and 6 km away from Aurillac. The village lies at an altitude of 740 metres and is only 20 k ...

Jussac Jussac (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departments of France, depa ...

# Labrousse # Lacapelle-Viescamp # Laroquevieille #

Lascelle Lascelle (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Cantal Departments of France, department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department References

Communes of Cantal Cantal communes article ...

# Mandailles-Saint-Julien # Marmanhac # Naucelles # Reilhac #

Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Depart ...

Saint-Paul-des-Landes Saint-Paul-des-Landes (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Department ...

# Saint-Simon #

Sansac-de-Marmiesse Sansac-de-Marmiesse (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departments of ...

Teissières-de-Cornet Teissières-de-Cornet (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departments ...

Velzic Velzic () is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departments of France, depar ...

# Vézac #

Vezels-Roussy Vezels-Roussy is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departments of France, de ...

Yolet Yolet (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Cantal ''Departments of France, département'' in south-central France. Population People linked to the commune * Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756-1794), French Revolutionary general * Jean de Ro ...

Ytrac Ytrac (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Geography Ytrac is a commune within the functional area of Aurillac, located just west of the city. It is situated in the Massif Central, to the southwest of the Can ...

Administration

Administrative seat

The administrative seat of the Aurillac Agglomération is located on Place des Carmes in

Elected members

Since the re-election of municipal councils in March 2020, the ''Council of Communities'' of the Aurillac Agglomération has been composed of 68 elected councilors representing each of the member communes for a period of six years. They are distributed as follows:

Presidency

Jurisdiction

The CABA 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 Aurillac Agglomération

Areas over which the Aurillac Agglomération has shared jurisdiction: * Airports * Fisheries and shellfish cultivation * Vineyard cultivation * Wine and spirits production * Thermal energy production * Tourism

References

External links

CABA
Bassin d'Aurillac Basin d'Aurillac {{Cantal-geo-stub