Municipalities Subject to Vacant Dwelling Tax in Haute-Savoie, France

A 2019 dataset from the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières identifies municipalities in Haute-Savoie, France, subject to an annual tax on dwellings vacant for at least one year. The tax, paid by property owners or holders, was extended in 2013 to municipalities in continuous urban areas over 50,000 inhabitants with a marked housing supply-demand imbalance. The dataset is served via a Web Feature Service (WFS) for direct download.

Use Cases

• Mapping municipalities with vacant dwelling tax obligations based on the geographic list.
• Analyzing the application of the 2013 Finance Act criteria (urban areas >50,000 inhabitants) to specific regions.
• Studying policy targeting for areas with housing supply-demand imbalances mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Provides a specific geographic focus on the Haute-Savoie department in France.
• References a concrete legislative change (the 2013 Finance Act) that defines the data scope.
• Served via a standardized Web Feature Service (WFS), suggesting structured geospatial data.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019 03 29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official municipal and tax records.

Time Range

Data reflects policy status as of 2019; the underlying law dates to at least 2013.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00.

Geography

Municipalities within the Haute-Savoie department, France.