Maritime Public Domain Limits for the Somme Coastline, France

The Somme coastline in France defines the legal boundaries of the state's natural maritime public domain. The dataset is based on French law, including the 1681 Ordinance of the Navy and the 1973 Kreitmann judgment, and is provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières. It was last updated in March 2019.

Use Cases

• Mapping legal boundaries of state-owned coastal land based on the definition of the shoreline.
• Analyzing the historical basis of maritime law based on references to the 1681 Ordinance.
• Supporting coastal zone management and planning based on the inalienable principle of the public maritime domain.

Strengths

• Based on authoritative legal sources, including the 1681 Ordinance and a 1973 Council of State judgment.
• Defines a specific geographic area: the coastline of the Somme department in France.
• Provided by a recognized geological and mining research organization (BRGM).

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-03-25 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Likely derived from legal definitions and geographic interpretation.

Time Range

Legal principles date from 1681 to 1973; dataset updated 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-03-25 00:00:00

Geography

Somme coastline, France.