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The 342 communes of “Hérault,” are informed about their submission to the coastal or mountain law, their classification in mountain areas and their belonging to a massive perimeter. This layer is built after the Bd Carto 2012.
Law “mountain” No 85-30 of 9 January 1985 as amended on the development and protection of mountains
Article 3 of the Act: mountain areas are characterised by significant handicaps resulting in more difficult living conditions and restricting the exercise of certain economic activities. They include municipalities or parts of municipalities characterised by a considerable limitation of land use possibilities and a significant increase in the costs of works due to:
* or to the existence, due to altitude, of very difficult climatic conditions [...]
* the presence, at a lower altitude, [...], of steep slopes [...]
* the combination of these two factors...
The massif encompasses not only mountain areas, but also areas immediately adjacent to them: foothills or even plains if the latter ensure the continuity of the massif. The concept of massif is a French-only approach, allowing an administrative entity competent to carry out mountain policy, but to differentiate from the concept of mountain.