Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot

The communauté de communes consists of the following 65 communes:[1][2]

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.[3]
• 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

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.

• '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.

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.

• Communes of the Somme department

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• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 9th 2008.