Municipalities classified in mountain areas in Occitanie

The classification of municipalities in mountain areas is based on the provisions of Council Regulation No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development and in particular Article 18 thereof for mountain areas and Council Directive 76/401/EEC of 6 April 1976 (definition of the criteria for classification in France in mountain areas). The mountain area is defined, by Article 18 of Regulation 1257/99, as being characterised by handicaps related to altitude, slope, and/or climate, which have the effect of significantly restricting the possibilities of land use and generally increasing the cost of all works. This list of municipalities in mountain areas is used in particular to calculate the overall operating allocation of municipalities by the DGCL. Cover: Occitanie. An update was carried out in January 2020 following changes to the territorial boundaries of municipalities (creation of new municipalities) that took place since 1 January 2016.