City policy: 111 new districts classified as “priority” in 2024

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2023-12-30 15:13:32

This is the first time since the creation of the QPVs following the Lamy law, in 2014, that this list has been updated. One hundred and eleven districts will join the list of priority districts of city policy (QPV) on January 1, 40 leaving for a total of 1,362 sites now classified as priority in mainland France, according to a decree published this Saturday in the Official Journal.

Among the existing QPVs, 960 have also seen their perimeters evolve, 291 remaining there without modification. All departments of France are now concerned, with the creation of a QPV in Mende, in Lozère.

Five million inhabitants

“This decree is the culmination of a process of fruitful exchange between state services and local elected officials. Our desire was to meet the needs of the most vulnerable and to have zoning as close as possible to the realities of each territory,” assured the Secretary of State for the City, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, in a press release.

The QPV, in which five million inhabitants live, are supposed to benefit from city policy measures, “particularly in tax matters, and around educational, employment, integration and economic development, or social issues » in order to reduce inequalities with the rest of the territory, according to the press release.

Result of the cross-checking of INSEE data and the work of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT), they must also be located in an urban unit of more than 10,000 inhabitants and have at least 1,000 inhabitants.

The update of the QPVs in the overseas territories, which currently have just over 200, will take place during the year 2024 for entry into force in 2025.

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