Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer
The communauté urbaine Caen la Mer is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Caen. It is located in the Calvados department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France. It was created in January 2017, replacing the previous Communauté d'agglomération Caen la Mer and two communautés de communes. Its population was 265,466 in 2016, of which 109,750 in Caen proper.
History
The communauté urbaine had its origins in the creation in 1990 of a District of Greater Caen 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 and Colleville-Montgomery, Ouistreham, 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, Mayor of Caen
- 10 April 2001 - 17 April 2008 : Luc Duncombe, Deputy Mayor of Caen
- 18 April 2008 - 25 April 2014 : Philippe Duron, Mayor of Caen
- 25 April 2014 - present : Joël Bruneau, Mayor of Caen
Member communes
- Authie
- Bénouville
- Biéville-Beuville
- Blainville-sur-Orne
- Bourguébus
- Bretteville-sur-Odon
- Caen
- Cairon
- Cambes-en-Plaine
- Carpiquet
- Le Castelet
- Castine-en-Plaine
- Colleville-Montgomery
- Colombelles
- Cormelles-le-Royal
- Cuverville
- Démouville
- Épron
- Éterville
- Fleury-sur-Orne
- Giberville
- Grentheville
- Hermanville-sur-Mer
- Hérouville-Saint-Clair
- Ifs
- Le Fresne-Camilly
- Lion-sur-Mer
- Louvigny
- Mathieu
- Mondeville
- Mouen
- Ouistreham
- Périers-sur-le-Dan
- Rosel
- Rots
- Saint-André-sur-Orne
- Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay
- Saint-Contest
- Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe
- Saint-Manvieu-Norrey
- Sannerville
- Soliers
- Thaon
- Thue et Mue
- Tourville-sur-Odon
- Troarn
- Verson
- Villons-les-Buissons
Member communes before 2017
The Commune members send a total of 139 delegates to the communitary council
Name | Urban? | Entry Date | No. of Delegates |
Authie | No | 1990 | 2 |
Bénouville | No | 2003 | 2 |
Biéville-Beuville | No | 2003 | 2 |
Blainville-sur-Orne | No | 2003 | 3 |
Bretteville-sur-Odon | Yes | 1990 | 3 |
Caen | Yes | 1990 | 51 |
Cambes-en-Plaine | No | 1990 | 2 |
Carpiquet | Yes | 1990 | 2 |
Colleville-Montgomery | No | 2013 | 2 |
Colombelles | Yes | 1990 | 3 |
Cormelles-le-Royal | Yes | 1990 | 3 |
Cuverville | Yes | 1990 | 2 |
Démouville | Yes | 1990 | 2 |
Épron | Yes | 1990 | 2 |
Éterville | Yes | 2003 | 2 |
Fleury-sur-Orne | Yes | 1990 | 3 |
Giberville | Yes | 1990 | 3 |
Hermanville-sur-Mer | No | 2003 | 2 |
Hérouville-Saint-Clair | Yes | 1990 | 8 |
Ifs | Yes | 1990 | 5 |
Lion-sur-Mer | No | 2003 | 2 |
Louvigny | No | 1990 | 2 |
Mathieu | No | 2003 | 2 |
Mondeville | Yes | 1990 | 4 |
Mouen | Yes | 2013 | 2 |
Ouistreham | No | 2013 | 4 |
Périers-sur-le-Dan | No | 2003 | 2 |
Saint-André-sur-Orne | No | 2013 | 2 |
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay | No | 2003 | 2 |
Saint-Contest | No | 1990 | 2 |
Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe | Yes | 1990 | 2 |
Sannerville | No | 2004 | 2 |
Tourville-sur-Odon | Yes | 2013 | 2 |
Verson | Yes | 2013 | 3 |
Villons-les-Buissons | No | 2003 | 2 |
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
The communauté d'agglomération collects only one tax: a business tax 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 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 Twisto.
Social balance of housing
- the Local Habitat Program, 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
- 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
- Protection and enhancement of the environment:
Facilitative Skills
- Security and control of fire:
- Secretariat of the security committee of the town
- Actions for higher education:
- Telecommunications network:
- Fight against floods
- Welcoming of vagrants
- Planning and Land Management.
- Culture and Sports: construction, development, maintenance and management of cultural and sports facilities recognized to be in the community interest
- 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:
- Littoral
- Development and promotional activities in the community interest such as:
Demography
Demographic trends
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2010 |
145,328 | 187,214 | 192,559 | 196,856 | 201,369 | 218,658 | 223,106 | 215,528 | 241,741 |
From 1962 to 1999 there was no double counting of people who stayed in multiple communes.
Sources:
http://www.insee.fr [INSEE