Communauté 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 Hauts-de-France région of France. Its population is 28,302 (2018).

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

Composition

The communauté de communes consists of the following 65 communes:

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

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.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department