thumb|Road map of Bordeaux Métropole

Bordeaux Métropole () is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Bordeaux. It is located in the center of the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in South West France. It represents about half of the department's population. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux. It brings together 28 municipalities, and covers an area of . Its population was 801,041 in 2018, of which 257,068 resided in Bordeaux proper.

Communes

The 28 communes of Bordeaux Métropole are:

  1. Ambarès-et-Lagrave
  2. Ambès
  3. Artigues-près-Bordeaux
  4. Bassens
  5. Bègles
  6. Blanquefort
  7. Bordeaux
  8. Bouliac
  9. Le Bouscat
  10. Bruges
  11. Carbon-Blanc
  12. Cenon
  13. Eysines
  14. Floirac
  15. Gradignan
  16. Le Haillan
  17. Lormont
  18. Martignas-sur-Jalle
  19. Mérignac
  20. Parempuyre
  21. Pessac
  22. Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
  23. Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand
  24. Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
  25. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
  26. Le Taillan-Médoc
  27. Talence
  28. Villenave-d'Ornon

Administration

The Metropolitan Council consists of 101 members, one of them being the president, currently Alain Juppé, the mayor of Bordeaux.

Presidents of Metropolitan Bordeaux

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! colspan="3" | Name

! colspan="2" | Dates du mandat

! Parti

! Notes

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| Jacques Chaban-Delmas

| Jacques Chaban-Delmas|80px

| 1967

| 1977

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| Mayor of Bordeaux / Deputy of Gironde

|-

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| Michel Sainte-Marie

| Michel Sainte-Marie|80px

| 1977

| 1983

|

| Deputy of Gironde / Mayor of Mérignac

|-

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| Jacques Chaban-Delmas

| Jacques Chaban-Delmas|80px

| 1983

| 1995

|

| Mayor of Bordeaux / Deputy of Gironde

|-

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| Alain Juppé

| Alain Juppé|80px

| 1995

| 2004

|

| Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux

|-

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| Alain Rousset

| Alain Rousset|80px

| 2004

| 2007

|

| Mayor of Pessac / President of Aquitaine Regional Council / Resigned because of overlapping mandates

|-

! style="background-color: #FD3F92" |

| Vincent Feltesse

| Vincent Feltesse|80px

| 2007

| 2014

|

| Mayor of Blanquefort <small>in 2012</small> / Deputy of Gironde

|-

! style="background-color: #2C75FF" |

| Alain Juppé

| Alain Juppé|80px

| 2014

| 2019

|

LR

| Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux, premier president of Bordeaux Métropole

|-

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| Patrick Bobet

| Patrick Bobet|80px

| 2019

| 2020

|

| Mayor of Bouscat; replace Alain Juppé after he left in February 2019

|}

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