A 2014 listing of Public Institutions for Intercommunal Cooperation (EPCI) in the Gironde department of France. The dataset, published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, categorizes EPCIs by type, including those with and without their own taxation powers. It was last updated on the platform in March 2019.
Use Cases
- Mapping the administrative geography of French departments based on EPCI boundaries.
- Analyzing the distribution of different EPCI types (e.g., Urban Communities vs. Communities of Communes) within a region.
- Studying the structure of local public finance and governance based on the taxation status of intercommunal institutions.
Strengths
- Provides a specific geographic focus on the Gironde department in France.
- Distinguishes between EPCI types with and without own taxation, a key administrative feature.
- Sourced from a French geological and mining research bureau, suggesting an official origin.
Limitations
- Last updated 2019-03-27 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
- Time Range
- 2014
- Freshness
- 2019-03-27
- Geography
- Gironde department, France