Municipal Noise Classification for Transport Infrastructure in the Landes Department

Municipalities in the French Department of Landes are classified according to their exposure to noise from land transport infrastructure. The classification is a regulatory requirement under Article L571-10 of the Environmental Code and a 1996 decree, defining five noise categories. The dataset was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on March 7, 2023.

Use Cases

• Mapping noise-affected sectors for urban planning based on the regulatory classification.
• Analyzing the distribution of municipalities across the five noise categories.
• Informing building regulation and zoning decisions based on the defined noise-affected sectors.

Strengths

• Based on explicit French environmental legislation (Article L571-10, Decree of 30 May 1996).
• Provides a structured, regulatory classification into five distinct noise categories.
• Managed by a specific geological and mining research organization (BRGM).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2023-03-07 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Regulatory classification mandated by French law, likely compiled by departmental prefectures.

Freshness

Last updated 2023-03-07 00:00:00.

Geography

Municipalities in the Department of Landes, France.