EPCI of the Vaucluse (84): Territories of French Intercommunal Cooperation Institutions

Vaucluse department in France contains the territories of Public Institutions for Intercommunal Cooperation (EPCIs) with own taxation. The dataset, provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, distinguishes between types like Urban Communities and Communities of Communes. It was last updated on August 23, 2021.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative boundaries based on the described EPCI territories.
• Analyzing the distribution of different intercommunal cooperation types (e.g., CU, CA, CC) within a region.
• Studying the structure of local governance and public service provision in French departments.

Strengths

• Specific geographic focus on the Vaucluse department (code 84).
• Clearly defines the scope to include EPCIs with own taxation, listing specific types like Urban Communities (CU) and Communities of Agglomeration (CA).
• Provides a definitive last update date of 2021-08-23.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2021-08-23 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

Freshness

2021-08-23

Geography

Vaucluse department (84), France