C_LN: Night Noise Exceedance Areas for Railways in Loiret, France

Strategic noise maps for railways with at least 30,000 trains per year, prepared under Article R.572-5 of the French Environmental Code. The dataset describes exposure characteristics of night populations to railway noise in the Loiret department. It was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated in April 2019.

Use Cases

• Assess population exposure to night-time railway noise based on defined noise level zones.
• Support urban planning and infrastructure development based on strategic noise maps.
• Monitor compliance with environmental noise limits for major railway corridors.
• Model noise pollution impact on residential areas near high-traffic railways.

Strengths

• Focuses on railways with significant traffic (≥30,000 trains/year), a clear threshold for impact assessment.
• Designed for strategic noise mapping under a specific French legal framework (Article R.572-5).
• Geographic scope is explicitly defined as the Loiret department in France.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-04-02 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

Likely derived from noise monitoring and modeling for strategic noise mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-04-02 00:00:00

Geography

Loiret department, France