French geographical reference, municipalities, urban units, urban areas, departments, academies, regions

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Dataset information

Catalog
Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Espace catalog
Country of origin
France
Updated
2024.03.08 12:21
Created
2024.03.07
Available languages
English
Keywords
regions, commune, communes, nouvelles-regions, geographie, unites-urbaines, nomenclature-referentiel, france-regroupee, scanr, academies, commune-rurale, nouvelle-region, academie, aires-urbaines, regions-2016, referentiel, france-detaillee, region-2016, departement, aire-urbaine, region, communes-rurales, unite-urbaine, zone-demploi, departements, nuts, geo, nomenclature, epci, france-entiere
Datasource
Official portal for European data link
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Dataset description

This dataset provides the different levels of geographical aggregates associated with French municipalities (situation on 1 January 2023). It includes the history of the communes since 1943. The _CODE suffixed fields correspond to the official geographical identifiers without a prefix. Values of suffixed fields _ID contain a prefix to signify the associated geographical level: R: regions A: academies D: departments C: communes FD: France detailed FR: France grouped together FE: France as a whole EA: employment area (2020) UU: urban units (2020) CR: Rural municipalities AU: urban areas UUCR: Urban Units and Rural Municipalities (2020) AUC: urban and common areas For more information, see [dataset description](https://data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/api/datasets/1.0/en-esr-referentiel-geographique/attachments/descriptif_docx/).
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