Port sub-division

Within port boundaries, for its own management needs, the Department uses a sub-division for ports for which it has direct management. These data are only for the 10 ports under direct management located on the Arcachon Basin. As part of the same need, each port pier is identified thus constituting a sub-division. The boundaries have no geographical value and only contribute to a better geographical identification of port infrastructure; in many cases they correspond to a historical division whose denomination is linked to the villages or so-called pre-existant places to the creation of ports.These boundaries are theoretically fully included within the boundaries of the Port Public Maritime Domain in which the Department exercises its police power. All of these areas contribute to the numbering needs of plots allocated for temporary occupations (AOT). This division has no regulatory value.