Toulouse Métropole is one of the 20 French metropolises, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Toulouse. It is located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous . Its area is 458.2 km2. Its population was 783,353 in 2018, of which 486,828 in Toulouse proper. It is the 5th largest metropolis after Greater Paris, , Lille-Europe and Bordeaux. Its annual budget is €1,4 billion (2015). History It was created on 1 January 2015, succeeding the urban community of Toulouse, which had itself succeeded in 2009 and 2001 to previous districts created in 1992 with less powers than either the urban community or the current metropolitan region. Geography Due to local political feuds, Toulouse Métropole only hosts 59% of the population of the metropolitan area (see infobox at Toulouse article for the metropolitan area), the other independent communes of the metropolitan area having refused to join in, notably Muret and the technopolis of Labège-Innopole. Consequently, the other parts of the metropolitan area have formed different intercommunal structures, such as: Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo Communauté d'agglomération du Sicoval, with Labège-Innopole in it Communauté de communes de la Save au Touch etc. Member communes The 37 communes of Toulouse Métropole are: Aigrefeuille Aucamville Aussonne Balma Beaupuy Beauzelle Blagnac Brax Bruguières Castelginest Colomiers Cornebarrieu Cugnaux Drémil-Lafage Fenouillet Flourens Fonbeauzard Gagnac-sur-Garonne Gratentour Launaguet Lespinasse Mondonville Mondouzil Mons Montrabé Pibrac Pin-Balma Quint-Fonsegrives Saint-Alban Saint-Jean Saint-Jory Saint-Orens-de-Gameville Seilh Toulouse Tournefeuille L'Union Villeneuve-Tolosane References External links Metropolitan Toulouse website Toulouse Metropolis in France Toulouse