2023-12-30 17:42:46
One hundred and eleven districts will join the list of priority districts of the city policy (QPV) on January 1, 2024, 40 leaving for a total of 1,362 sites now classified as priorities in mainland France, according to a decree published on Saturday December 30 in the Official Journal.
Among the already existing QPVs, 960 have seen their scope evolve, 291 remain unchanged. All departments of France are now concerned, with the creation of a QPV in Mende, in Lozère. This is the first time since the creation of these districts following the Lamy law, in 2014, that this list has been updated. For the priority districts of the city policy in the overseas territories, which currently number more than 200, the update will take place during the year 2024 for entry into force in 2025.
Five million people are affected
“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, they must also be located in an urban unit of more than 10,000 inhabitants and have at least 1,000 inhabitants.
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