Municipalities and EPCI at 01/01/2015 in Lorraine (GÉOFLA)

The dataset contains municipalities and public institutions for inter-communal cooperation (EPCI) on 01/01/2015 in Lorraine. Public institutions of inter-municipal cooperation are groupings of municipalities whose object is to draw up “joint development projects within solidarity perimeters”. They are subject to common, homogeneous and comparable rules to those of local authorities.The information presented here concerns own taxation EPCIs: Urban Community (CU); Community d' Agglomeration (CA); Community of Communes (CC); Syndicate d' New Agglomeration (SAN); Metropolis (ME). There are also EPCIs without own taxation: single Vocation Intercommunal Unions (SIVU), Multiple Vocation Intercommunal Unions (SIVOM), Closed Mixed Unions (SM Closed) and Open Mixed Unions (SM Open). __Origin__ Data downloaded (by EPCI) on 19/03/2015 on the website Banatic (National Base de l’' Intercommunality-Ministry of the Interior). Population data correspond to the 2012 vintage legal populations (INSEE) that enter into force on January 1, 2015. The spatial objects of the EPCI were created by aggregation of communes from the IGN-GÉOFLA repository. __Partner organisations__ DREAL Grand Est [ex-Lorraine] (Regional Directorate for the Environment, Environment, Planning and Housing Grand Est), JOGUET-RECCORDON __Links annexes__ * [XML metadata view](http://ogc.geo-ide.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/csw/all-dataset?REQUEST=GetRecordById&SERVICE=CSW&VERSION=2.0.2&RESULTTYPE=results&elementSetName=full&TYPENAMES=gmd:MD_Metadata&OUTPUTSCHEMA=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&ID=fr-120066022-jdd-cd6df1ec-b797-40e6-baa6-e201b0ad155e) * [Banatic](https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/V5/accueil/index.php) * [COVADIS data standard: Public Institution for Intercommunal Cooperation](http://geostandards.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/afficherPageStandard.do?jeu=N_EPCI_ZSUP) [See this page on geo.data.gouv.fr](https://geo.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/e7e5e59094df1713a987a0774d63090ef3e9982e)