Description
In France, two official and administrative boundaries of the mountains overlap. Mountain areas on the one hand (they come under a sectoral approach dedicated primarily to agriculture as part of the recognition and compensation of natural handicaps) and, on the other hand, the massifs. Indeed, the Law on the Development and Protection of Mountains, known as the “Mountain Law”, of 9 January 1985, establishes a new framework for intervention and recognises the massifs as specific territories.The massif encompasses not only mountain areas, but also areas immediately adjacent to them: Piedmonts, or even plains if they ensure the continuity of the massif. This enlargement takes into account the interactions and exchanges between the altitude territories and the plains, which makes it possible to set up more relevant spatial planning projects. Vosges, Jura, Alps, Central Massif, Pyrenees and Corsica. There are also three massifs in the overseas departments: Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion. Three island massifs are not equipped with planning commissions because their development does not require an interregional policy since the departmental perimeter is confused with that of the regions (Guadeloupe and Martinique) or is confused with that of the territorial authority responsible for planning (the case of Corsica). The notion of massif is a purely French approach, allowing to have an administrative entity competent to carry out mountain policy. This notion of massif is to be differentiated from the notion of mountain.
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/3fa50b91-12cf-428c-a2a5-1fdeb922d60c |