Legal Populations of Regions - FrancePopulations légales Régions - France
Populations légales Régions - FranceLegal Populations of Regions - France
This API provides official legal population figures for French regions, published by INSEE, the French national statistics institute. The data takes effect on 1 January and is based on administrative divisions as of 1 January of the previous year, drawing on census data from three years prior. It offers a standardized, regularly updated reference for regional population counts used in administrative, statistical, and legal contexts across France, such as determining electoral thresholds and allocating public funding tied to population size.Les données de population publiées par l'INSEE entrent en vigueur au 1 er janvier ; elles sont basées sur les divisions administratives au 1 er janvier de l'année précédente (N-1) et sur le recensement de l'année N-3. Ce jeu de données contient les données relatives aux populations légales des ré...
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Data schema (9 fields)
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| Fill | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | reg_codeCode Officiel Région | text | — |
| 100% | reg_nameNom Officiel Région | text | — |
| 85% | arrdep_countNombre d’arrondissements départementaux | int | — |
| 75% | can_countNombre de cantons | int | — |
| 100% | reg_pop_munPopulation municipale Région | int | — |
| 100% | reg_pop_totPopulation totale Région | int | — |
| 100% | census_yearAnnée de recensement | date | — |
| 100% | start_yearAnnée d’entrée en vigueur | date | — |
| 100% | geo_yearAnnée de référence géographique | date | — |
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1geo_year: 2022 · reg_code: ["977"]
{
"geo_year": "2022",
"reg_code": [
"977"
],
"reg_name": [
"Saint-Barthélemy"
],
"can_count": null,
"start_year": "2023",
"census_year": "2020",
"reg_pop_mun": 10457,
"reg_pop_tot": 10585,
"arrdep_count": null
}Record 2geo_year: 2022 · reg_code: ["32"]
{
"geo_year": "2022",
"reg_code": [
"32"
],
"reg_name": [
"Hauts-de-France"
],
"can_count": 145,
"start_year": "2023",
"census_year": "2020",
"reg_pop_mun": 5997734,
"reg_pop_tot": 6088410,
"arrdep_count": 26
}Record 3geo_year: 2022 · reg_code: ["44"]
{
"geo_year": "2022",
"reg_code": [
"44"
],
"reg_name": [
"Grand Est"
],
"can_count": 200,
"start_year": "2023",
"census_year": "2020",
"reg_pop_mun": 5562651,
"reg_pop_tot": 5668492,
"arrdep_count": 38
}Record 4geo_year: 2022 · reg_code: ["84"]
{
"geo_year": "2022",
"reg_code": [
"84"
],
"reg_name": [
"Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes"
],
"can_count": 241,
"start_year": "2023",
"census_year": "2020",
"reg_pop_mun": 8078652,
"reg_pop_tot": 8250506,
"arrdep_count": 39
}Record 5geo_year: 2022 · reg_code: ["94"]
{
"geo_year": "2022",
"reg_code": [
"94"
],
"reg_name": [
"Corse"
],
"can_count": 26,
"start_year": "2023",
"census_year": "2020",
"reg_pop_mun": 343701,
"reg_pop_tot": 348760,
"arrdep_count": 5
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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curl -s 'https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/demographyref-france-pop-legale-region/records?limit=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'First 20 records of the dataset as JSON.
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