Small agricultural region (PRA) in Sarthe

Small Agricultural Areas (SRA) Agricultural and small agricultural regions were defined at the end of the Second World War (decided in 1946 and redesigned in 1949, since no fundamental revision has taken place) to highlight homogeneous agricultural areas. 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. The last update was in 1981. This zoning has been and is still used for agricultural censuses, as well as by the statistical department of the Ministry of Agriculture for carrying out certain sample surveys. The State refers to it, inter alia, for compensation for damage caused by agricultural disasters. However, technological change, the processes of specialisation and redistribution of activities, make it sometimes difficult today to recognise the validity of the 1946 boundaries. — PRA CODE: corresponds to the number of the department associated with the identifier of the Petite Agricole Region (ID PRA). — data described in the DB of SCEES DATAGREST on the basis of the INSEE Common Reference Framework (COG) 2000, reference of the 2000 agricultural census.