COVID-19 Stringency Index and Incidence Rates for 22 French Metropolitan Areas

French Government COVID-19 health measures and incidence rates across 22 metropolitan areas in European France. The dataset, created by Luka Canton, is available in XLSX format under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on May 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Model the correlation between policy stringency and COVID-19 incidence rates based on the described index and regional data.
• Compare the implementation of protective health measures across different French metropolitan areas as indicated in the description.
• Analyze the temporal evolution of government response and pandemic outcomes during the COVID-19 period in France.

Strengths

• Data covers all 22 metropolitan areas in European France, providing a complete national sub-regional view.
• Includes a constructed index measuring the level of stringency of government measures, offering a synthesized metric.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 40.8 KB, suggesting limited scope or detail.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Luka Canton via figshare

Time Range

During the COVID-19 pandemic (specific dates unknown).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 17:39:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

22 metropolitan areas in European France.