Dataset Direct Download Service (WFS): Small agricultural regions of Saône and Loire

The division of French territory into “agricultural regions” was born in 1946 to meet the request of the Commissariat Général au Plan. The aim was to have appropriate zoning for the implementation of development measures designed to accelerate the development of agriculture. For INSEE, in order to study the evolution of agriculture, it was necessary to have a stable division of France into units as homogeneous as possible from the point of view of agriculture, moving away from administrative divisions with arbitrary limits. Largely inspired by geographical regions, agricultural and small agricultural regions have an intermediate size between the commune (area too small to present results) and the department (area too heterogeneous). The last update was in 1981. The Agricultural Region (RA) covers an entire number of municipalities forming a homogeneous agricultural area. The Petite Agricole Region (PRA) consists of the intersection of the department and the RA.法国领土划分为“农业区域”的做法始于1946年，旨在响应法国计划总委员会（Commissariat Général au Plan）的相关要求。其核心目标是建立合理的区划体系，以推进旨在加快农业发展的各类建设举措的落地实施。 对于法国国家统计与经济研究所（INSEE）而言，为研究农业发展的演进态势，需构建稳定的法国区划体系，将领土划分为农业视角下尽可能均质的单元，摒弃边界设置缺乏依据的行政分区。 农业区域与小型农业区域的划分很大程度上借鉴了地理区域的划分逻辑，其规模介于市镇（commune，面积过小难以呈现有效统计结果）与省（department，内部农业异质性过强）之间。该区划体系的最后一次更新于1981年完成。 农业区域（Agricultural Region，简称RA）由若干个可构成均质农业区域的完整市镇组合而成。 小型农业区域（Petite Agricole Region，简称PRA）则由省与农业区域（RA）的交集区域构成。