Pays du Coquelicot | |
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Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
No. of communes | 65 |
Established | 2001 |
Seat | Albert |
Government | |
• President | Michel Watelain |
Area | 464.0 km2 (179.2 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | 28,302 |
• Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Website | www |
The Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot is a communauté de communes in the Somme département and in the Hauts-de-France région of France. Its population is 28,302 (2018).[1]
Composition
The communauté de communes consists of the following 65 communes:[2][3]
- Acheux-en-Amiénois
- Albert
- Arquèves
- Auchonvillers
- Authie
- Authuille
- Aveluy
- Bayencourt
- Bazentin
- Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre
- Beaumont-Hamel
- Bécordel-Bécourt
- Bertrancourt
- Bouzincourt
- Bray-sur-Somme
- Buire-sur-l'Ancre
- Bus-lès-Artois
- Cappy
- Carnoy-Mametz
- Chuignolles
- Coigneux
- Colincamps
- Contalmaison
- Courcelette
- Courcelles-au-Bois
- Curlu
- Dernancourt
- Éclusier-Vaux
- Englebelmer
- Étinehem-Méricourt
- Forceville
- Fricourt
- Frise
- Grandcourt
- Harponville
- Hédauville
- Hérissart
- Irles
- Laviéville
- Léalvillers
- Louvencourt
- Mailly-Maillet
- Maricourt
- Marieux
- Méaulte
- Mesnil-Martinsart
- Millencourt
- Miraumont
- Montauban-de-Picardie
- Morlancourt
- La Neuville-lès-Bray
- Ovillers-la-Boisselle
- Pozières
- Puchevillers
- Pys
- Raincheval
- Saint-Léger-lès-Authie
- Senlis-le-Sec
- Suzanne
- Thiepval
- Thièvres
- Toutencourt
- Varennes, Somme
- Vauchelles-lès-Authie
- Ville-sur-Ancre
Responsibilities
The communes of the communauté delegate their representatives with the following responsibilities:
- Establishment of a joint development zone
- Help for the communes in the development of their town planning documents.
- Economic and land use planning
- Studies, programming, land acquisition and creation of the air industry in Haute Picardie and an economic area near Méaulte.
- Acquisition of land, planning and management of areas of community interest of more than 1 hectare.
- Studies on water quality.
- Studies on flood control
- Collection, treatment and recovery of household waste.
- Studies and action from residents for the schedule for improving housing.
- Information from landlords and tenants for local housing
- Creation or alteration and maintenance of roads in the public domain known as "intercommunal" defined on the basis of
criteria including: School routes, business roads and tourist paths.[4] - Removal of snow on the roads
- Financing of the local mission
- Workshops during the school holidays.
- Leisure centre with or without accommodation centres for the young
- Music Schools
- Library
- Creation of a community newspaper
- Transportation
- Fishing Schools
- Promoting tourism and hospitality.
- Maintenance of hiking routes defined by the Department
Budget and Taxation
The Community is funded by:
- Single business tax (at a rate of 10.29% in 2006), which replaces the taxes previously collected by the communes.
- A refuse collection tax.
Economic Development
- 'Platform aero-industrial' to be carried out as a joint project with the Department of the Somme.
The project costs of €40 million is to be funded by the European Union (22.5%), the region Picardie (30%), the département (30%),
Airbus (11.25%) and the communauté (6.25%). As such, the communauté will pay €468,000 in 2008. - The business park at Albert.
- The draft joint development zone located between Méaulte and Bécordel-Bécourt between Airbus and the airport at Albert.
Wind power development
The Community Council of 12 November 2007 approved a draft covering 19 communes, mainly in the north of the territory,
which could accommodate wind turbines, if the Prefect approves the application.
See also
References
- ↑ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE
- ↑ CC du Pays du Coquelicot (N° SIREN : 248000747), BANATIC. Accessed 30 March 2022.
- ↑ Intercommunalité-Métropole de CC du Pays du Coquelicot (248000747), INSEE
- ↑ NB: The list of intercommunal roads is attached to the prefectorial order approving the statutes
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