Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot

Coordinates: 50°00′N 2°39′E / 50.00°N 2.65°E / 50.00; 2.65
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Pays du Coquelicot
Communauté de communes
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
No. of communes65
Established2001
SeatAlbert
Government
 • PresidentMichel Watelain
Area
464.0 km2 (179.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
28,302
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Websitewww.paysducoquelicot.com

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[edit]

The communauté de communes consists of the following 65 communes:[2][3]

  1. Acheux-en-Amiénois
  2. Albert
  3. Arquèves
  4. Auchonvillers
  5. Authie
  6. Authuille
  7. Aveluy
  8. Bayencourt
  9. Bazentin
  10. Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre
  11. Beaumont-Hamel
  12. Bécordel-Bécourt
  13. Bertrancourt
  14. Bouzincourt
  15. Bray-sur-Somme
  16. Buire-sur-l'Ancre
  17. Bus-lès-Artois
  18. Cappy
  19. Carnoy-Mametz
  20. Chuignolles
  21. Coigneux
  22. Colincamps
  23. Contalmaison
  24. Courcelette
  25. Courcelles-au-Bois
  26. Curlu
  27. Dernancourt
  28. Éclusier-Vaux
  29. Englebelmer
  30. Étinehem-Méricourt
  31. Forceville
  32. Fricourt
  33. Frise
  34. Grandcourt
  35. Harponville
  36. Hédauville
  37. Hérissart
  38. Irles
  39. Laviéville
  40. Léalvillers
  41. Louvencourt
  42. Mailly-Maillet
  43. Maricourt
  44. Marieux
  45. Méaulte
  46. Mesnil-Martinsart
  47. Millencourt
  48. Miraumont
  49. Montauban-de-Picardie
  50. Morlancourt
  51. La Neuville-lès-Bray
  52. Ovillers-la-Boisselle
  53. Pozières
  54. Puchevillers
  55. Pys
  56. Raincheval
  57. Saint-Léger-lès-Authie
  58. Senlis-le-Sec
  59. Suzanne
  60. Thiepval
  61. Thièvres
  62. Toutencourt
  63. Varennes, Somme
  64. Vauchelles-lès-Authie
  65. Ville-sur-Ancre

Responsibilities[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • '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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE
  2. ^ CC du Pays du Coquelicot (N° SIREN : 248000747), BANATIC. Accessed 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ Intercommunalité-Métropole de CC du Pays du Coquelicot (248000747), INSEE
  4. ^ NB: The list of intercommunal roads is attached to the prefectorial order approving the statutes

50°00′N 2°39′E / 50.00°N 2.65°E / 50.00; 2.65

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