PPRN: Flood Risk Prevention Plan for the Municipality of Virecourt, France

PPRN (Plan de Prévention des Risques Naturels) data for Virecourt (54585) regulates land use in flood zones. The dataset originates from Submersible Surface Plans (SSPs), cartographic documents created by French decree-law in 1935 and 1937, later given legal status as a Risk Prevention Plan by the Barnier Law of 1995. The data was last updated on 2019-04 05 00:00:00 by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières.

Use Cases

• Classify land parcels into regulatory zones (e.g., red, blue) based on described hazard levels.
• Assess construction permit eligibility based on described servitudes and prohibitions.
• Model flood hazard exposure for municipal planning using the described 'average' flood mapping.
• Analyze the legal transition from SSP to PPR status as described in the Environmental Code.

Strengths

• Dataset has a defined legal basis and historical origin, citing specific laws and decrees from 1935, 1937, and 1995.
• Regulatory framework is explicitly described, including three distinct zone types with associated rules.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-04-05 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

Cartographic regulation documents (Submersible Surface Plans) converted to enforceable Risk Prevention Plans.

Time Range

Legal framework established from 1935 onward; data snapshot from 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-04-05 00:00:00.

Geography

Municipality of Virecourt, France (code 54585).