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Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot

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Country
  
France

No. of communes
  
62

Seat
  
Albert

Department
  
Somme

Region
  
Picardie

Established
  
2001

Budget
  
9,776,224 € in 2006

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Communaut de communes du pays du coquelicot


The Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot is a communauté de communes in the Somme département and in the Picardie région of France.

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Composition

This Communauté de communes includes 62 communes:

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.
  • 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.

    References

    Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot Wikipedia
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