New-Aquitaine Municipalities Classified in Mountain Areas

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES provides a dataset listing municipalities classified as mountain areas within the New-Aquitaine region of France. The classification is based on Council Regulation No 1257/1999, which defines mountain areas by natural handicaps like altitude, slope, and climate. This list is used for calculating the DGCL’s overall operating allocation for municipalities and was last updated on 2019-03-29.

Use Cases

• Calculate municipal funding allocations based on mountain area classification criteria.
• Analyze the distribution of natural handicaps like altitude and climate across municipalities.
• Compare the administrative 'massif' concept with the regulatory 'mountain area' concept for policy analysis.
• Map the geographic extent of mountain areas and their foothills within the New-Aquitaine region.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on official EU Council Regulation No 1257/1999, providing a legal foundation.
• Explicitly defines the criteria for mountain area classification (altitude, slope, climate).
• Distinguishes between the French 'massif' administrative concept and the EU 'mountain area' regulatory concept.

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 is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Classification based on Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and Council Directive 76/401/EEC.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00.

Geography

Municipalities within the New-Aquitaine region of France.