New-Aquitaine Flood Risk Territories: Municipal Boundaries

Geospatial boundaries for municipalities within Flood Risk Territories (TRI) in the New-Aquitaine region of France. The dataset was produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) under the European Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) and last updated on March 29, 2019. It serves to homogenize knowledge of flood exposure for developing flood risk management plans.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood risk exposure for municipalities based on their inclusion in designated Flood Risk Territories.
• Supporting the development of Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs) as required by EU Directive 2007/60/EC.
• Analyzing regional flood prevention strategy compliance with French national law (LENE).
• Producing a synthesis of municipalities affected by TRIs for administrative reporting.

Strengths

• Produced by a recognized geological and mining research organization (BRGM).
• Created under a specific European legal framework (Directive 2007/60/EC).
• Has a defined last update date of 2019-03-29.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Produced under the European Floods Directive for flood risk mapping.

Freshness

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

Geography

New-Aquitaine region, France