PPR-PSS: Flood Hazard Regulatory Zoning for Bayon, France

A public utility easement perimeter for the municipality of Bayon (54054), approved by a decree on 10 December 1976. The dataset is a Submersible Surface Plan (PSS), a foundational flood hazard map created under a 1935 decree and given legal status equivalent to a Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) by the Barnier Law of 2 February 1995. It is provided as a WMS service by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and was last updated on 5 April 2019.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood hazard zones for land development planning based on the described regulatory zoning.
• Enforcing land-use restrictions to maintain water flow in floodplains based on the described utility easement.
• Historical analysis of flood risk policy evolution based on the integration of PSS into the PPR framework described.
• Legal compliance checking for construction projects in areas affected by the described submersible surface plans.

Strengths

• Legally enforceable status as a public utility easement under French law.
• Specific approval date (10 December 1976) and legal foundation (1935 decree, 1995 Barnier Law) are documented.
• Clear geographic scope defined for the municipality of Bayon (code 54054).

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-04-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Time Range

Perimeter approved 10 December 1976; data reflects regulatory status as of last update.

Freshness

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Geography

Municipality of Bayon (54054), department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.