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Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis

The Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis (CASA) is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the cityofAntibes. It is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France. It was created in 2002, and takes its name from the technology park Sophia Antipolis. Its area is 482.8 km². Its population was 177,077 in 2018, of which 72,915 in Antibes.^[1]

Composition[edit]

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 24 communes:^[2][3]

Conseil de Communauté[edit]

The Council of Communities is made up of 50 delegates from the above communes.

Jurisdiction[edit]

The CASA 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 CASA[edit]

Areas over which the CASA has shared jurisdiction:

• Aeroports,
• Fisheries and shellfish cultivation,
• Vineyard Cultivation,
• Wine and Spirits production,
• Thermal Energy production,
• Tourism.

See also[edit]

• Urban community of Nice Côte d'Azur

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• (in French) CASA

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