Louveterie Lieutenant Territories in the Gers Department, France

Administrative boundaries for louveterie lieutenants appointed by the prefect in the Gers department of France. The dataset likely contains the perimeters of territories assigned for the collective destruction of wolves and other large pests. The data is provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and was last updated in July 2021.

Use Cases

• Mapping wildlife management jurisdictions based on assigned lieutenant territories.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of pest control responsibilities based on sub-communal boundaries.
• Studying the administrative framework for hunting large pests as defined by French law and orders.

Strengths

• Based on specific French legal codes (CE L 427-1 and Order of 14 June 2010).
• Lieutenant appointments are for a fixed six-year term, suggesting structured temporal data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2021-07-01; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Appointments and territory determinations made by the departmental prefect.

Freshness

2021-07-01

Geography

Gers department, France; territories may be sub-communal.