Municipalities of Overseas Communities (COG) — France

## Official Geographical Code — Overseas Communities This game brings together the municipalities of the overseas authorities, it complements the downloadable datasets of the [INSEE Official Geographical Code (COG)](https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/5057840) and the [Overseas Communities](https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/collectivites-doutre-mer-cog-france/). Formatting (quantity of information available and names of variables) are identical to other INSEE files. #### ** data origin** The data used comes from the INSEE website: — [codification of overseas authorities (COM)](https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2028040) #### **variable list and information** | Variable Name | Variable Length | Variable Designation and Methods | |— | [TYPECOM](https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/5057793#type%20de%20commune) | 4 | Type of commune | | COM | 5 | Common Code | | DEP | 3 | Overseas Community Code | | [TNCC](https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/5057793#tncc) | 1 | Clear Name Type | | NCC | 200 | Clear Name (Capscules) | | NCCENR | 200 | Clear Name (rich typography) | | LIBELLE | 200 | Clear Name (rich typography) with article | #### **additional information** — Files encoded in UTF-8. — The commune 98802 entered here under the name “Bouloupari**s**” and not “Bouloupari”, the town hall has been trying for 10 years to validate this change of name. In addition, the S pronounces this in contrast to the city of “Paris”. Last point the [page Wikipedia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulouparis) is correctly spelled.