French Intercommunal Cooperation Institutions (EPCI) in Nièvre, 2016

A 2016 snapshot of Public Institutions for Inter-municipal Cooperation (EPCI) in the Nièvre department of France. The dataset, published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, distinguishes between EPCIs with and without their own taxation powers, such as Urban Communities and Communities of Communes. It was last updated on the platform in May 2021.

Use Cases

• Mapping the administrative geography of intercommunal cooperation based on the described EPCI types.
• Analyzing the distribution of taxation powers among local government groupings based on the described categories.
• Studying the evolution of French municipal cooperation structures using this 2016 reference point.

Strengths

• Provides a clear temporal reference point with data from January 1, 2016.
• Distinguishes between multiple legal and fiscal structures of intercommunal institutions as described.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2021-05-04 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

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative register.

Time Range

2016-01-01

Freshness

Last updated 2021-05-04 00:00:00

Geography

Nièvre department (58), France