New-Aquitaine Flood Risk Territories: Municipal Boundaries for Risk Management

European Directive 2007/60/EC mandates flood risk mapping to reduce impacts on health, environment, and the economy. This dataset contains the boundaries of municipalities within Flood Risk Territories (TRI) in the New Aquitaine region of France. It was produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and last updated in March 2019 to support the development of flood risk management plans.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood exposure for municipal planning based on the defined TRI boundaries.
• Assessing regional compliance with the EU Floods Directive based on the provided spatial synthesis.
• Informing infrastructure development and land-use zoning based on flood risk territories.
• Supporting environmental impact assessments for projects within the covered municipalities.

Strengths

• Data is produced under a specific European legal framework (Directive 2007/60/EC), suggesting a standardized methodology.
• The authoritative source is a recognized geological and mining research bureau (BRGM).
• Spatial data is formatted for web mapping services (WMS), enabling direct integration into GIS applications.

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 dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES (BRGM)

Collection Method

Produced under the EU Floods Directive for flood risk mapping and management planning.

Freshness

2019-03-29

Geography

New Aquitaine region, France