Mountain area under the law of 9 January 1985 in Upper Rhine

Law “mountain” No 85-30 of 9 January 1985 as amended on the development and protection of the mountainsArticle 3 of the Law: mountain areas are characterised by significant handicaps resulting in more difficult living conditions and restricting the exercise of certain economic activities. They include municipalities or parts of municipalities characterised by a considerable limitation of land use possibilities and a significant increase in the costs of works due to: the existence, due to altitude, of very difficult climatic conditions [...] or the presence, at a lower altitude, of steep slopes [...] or the combination of these two factors [...]