Paris Polling Station Locations for the 2020 Municipal Elections

Polling stations for Paris were established by prefectoral decree 75-2019-08-05-001 of 8 May 2019, as amended by prefectoral decree 75-2019-12-23-006 of 23 December 2019. The list covers the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020, during which the 2020 municipal elections were held. Geolocation data for the stations was used to create location maps made available to polling control committees by the Paris Prefecture.

Use Cases

• Mapping voter proximity to polling stations based on geolocation data.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of electoral resources for the 2020 municipal elections.
• Assessing polling station accessibility using the provided location maps.
• Studying the administrative planning of elections based on the prefectoral decree process.

Strengths

• Covers a specific, defined electoral period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.
• Geolocation data is explicitly mentioned, enabling spatial analysis.
• The dataset's legal basis is documented via specific prefectoral decree numbers.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2020-01-21 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Established by prefectoral decree for the Paris Prefecture.

Time Range

2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31

Freshness

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Geography

Paris, France