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 Communauté urbaine de Toulouse. 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, Aix-Marseille-Provence, Lille-Europe and Bordeaux. Its annual budget is €1,4 billion (2015).