Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot

Pays du Coquelicot
Pays du Coquelicot
Communauté de communes
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
No. of communes	65
Established	2001
Seat	Albert
Government
• President	Michel Watelain
Area	464.0 km2 (179.2 sq mi)
Population (2018)	28,302
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Website	www.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

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

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.^[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

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.