The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération is the Communauté d'agglomération, a type of local government structure, covering the metropolitan area of the city of Mulhouse in the department of Haut-Rhin and the region of Grand Est, northeastern France. Its area is 439.2 km2. Its population was 274,066 in 2018, of which 108,942 in Mulhouse proper. The current president of the agglomeration community is Fabian Jordan, elected January 2017.
Composition
The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération covers 39 communes:
Baldersheim
Bantzenheim
Battenheim
Berrwiller
Bollwiller
Bruebach
Brunstatt-Didenheim
Chalampé
Dietwiller
Eschentzwiller
Feldkirch
Flaxlanden
Galfingue
Habsheim
Heimsbrunn
Hombourg
Illzach
Kingersheim
Lutterbach
Morschwiller-le-Bas
Mulhouse
Niffer
Ottmarsheim
Petit-Landau
Pfastatt
Pulversheim
Reiningue
Richwiller
Riedisheim
Rixheim
Ruelisheim
Sausheim
Staffelfelden
Steinbrunn-le-Bas
Ungersheim
Wittelsheim
Wittenheim
Zillisheim
Zimmersheim
Responsibilities
On behalf of its 39 communes, the agglomeration exercises responsibility for:
Spatial planning
District heating
Social cohesion
Culture and tourism
Sustainable Development
Economic Development
Higher education
Employment
Sports facilities
Housing
Senior citizen's services
Children's services
Public safety and citizenship
Street cleaning, garbage collection and waste disposal
Transportation and travel
Some of these responsibilities are subcontracted to the private sector. For example, the provision of the agglomeration's bus and tram network is subcontracted to Soléa.