Boundaries for former Public Establishments for Intercommunal Cooperation (EPCIs) in the French department of Tarn-et-Garonne, valid before January 1, 2014. The dataset was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and last updated on July 22, 2021. It includes EPCIs with their own taxation, such as Urban Communities, Communities of Agglomeration, and Communities of Communes.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical changes in intercommunal cooperation structures based on the described EPCI types.
- Map former administrative boundaries for regional planning studies based on the described geographic scope.
- Study the evolution of local governance and taxation zones before 2014 based on the dataset's temporal coverage.
Strengths
- Provides a specific temporal snapshot of boundaries valid before a key date (January 1, 2014).
- Focuses on a defined administrative geography (the department of Tarn-et-Garonne).
- Distinguishes between EPCI types with and without own taxation as described.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2021-07-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Time Range
- Valid before January 1, 2014.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2021-07-22 00:00:00.
- Geography
- Department of Tarn-et-Garonne, France.