BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) provides a dataset of Public Establishments for Inter-communal Cooperation (EPCIs) in the Channel region. The data describes EPCIs with own taxation, including Urban Communities, Communities of Agglomeration, Communities of Communes, and others. The dataset was last updated on April 4, 2019.
Use Cases
- Map the administrative boundaries of inter-municipal groupings based on the geospatial nature of the data.
- Analyze the distribution of different EPCI types (e.g., Urban Communities vs. Communities of Communes) across the Channel region.
- Study the evolution of local governance structures based on the institutional categories described.
Strengths
- Dataset is provided by a national geological and mining research bureau (BRGM), suggesting an authoritative source.
- The description clearly defines the specific types of public establishments included.
Limitations
- Last updated 2019-04-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES (BRGM)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-04-04 00:00:00
- Geography
- Channel region, France