# Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot

The Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot is a communauté de communes in the Somme département and in the Hauts-de-France région of France. Its population is 28,302 (2018).

## Composition

The communauté de communes consists of the following 65 communes:
* Acheux-en-Amiénois
* Albert
* Arquèves
* Auchonvillers
* Authie
* Authuille
* Aveluy
* Bayencourt
* Bazentin
* Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre
* Beaumont-Hamel
* Bécordel-Bécourt
* Bertrancourt
* Bouzincourt
* Bray-sur-Somme
* Buire-sur-l'Ancre
* Bus-lès-Artois
* Cappy
* Carnoy-Mametz
* Chuignolles
* Coigneux
* Colincamps
* Contalmaison
* Courcelette
* Courcelles-au-Bois
* Curlu
* Dernancourt
* Éclusier-Vaux
* Englebelmer
* Étinehem-Méricourt
* Forceville
* Fricourt
* Frise
* Grandcourt
* Harponville
* Hédauville
* Hérissart
* Irles
* Laviéville
* Léalvillers
* Louvencourt
* Mailly-Maillet
* Maricourt
* Marieux
* Méaulte
* Mesnil-Martinsart
* Millencourt
* Miraumont
* Montauban-de-Picardie
* Morlancourt
* La Neuville-lès-Bray
* Ovillers-la-Boisselle
* Pozières
* Puchevillers
* Pys
* Raincheval
* Saint-Léger-lès-Authie
* Senlis-le-Sec
* Suzanne
* Thiepval
* Thièvres
* Toutencourt
* Varennes, Somme
* Vauchelles-lès-Authie
* Ville-sur-Ancre

## Responsibilities

The communes of the communauté delegate their representatives with the following responsibilities:
* Establishment of a joint development zone
* Help for the communes in the development of their town planning documents.
* Economic and land use planning
* Studies, programming, land acquisition and creation of the air industry in Haute Picardie and an economic area near Méaulte.
* Acquisition of land, planning and management of areas of community interest of more than 1 hectare.
* Studies on water quality.
* Studies on flood control
* Collection, treatment and recovery of household waste.
* Studies and action from residents for the schedule for improving housing.
* Information from landlords and tenants for local housing
* Creation or alteration and maintenance of roads in the public domain known as "intercommunal" defined on the basis of criteria including: School routes, business roads and tourist paths.
* Removal of snow on the roads
* Financing of the local mission
* Workshops during the school holidays.
* Leisure centre with or without accommodation centres for the young
* Music Schools
* Library
* Creation of a community newspaper
* Transportation
* Fishing Schools
* Promoting tourism and hospitality.
* Maintenance of hiking routes defined by the Department

## Budget and Taxation

The Community is funded by:
* Single business tax (at a rate of 10.29% in 2006), which replaces the taxes previously collected by the communes.
* A refuse collection tax.

## Economic Development

* 'Platform aero-industrial' to be carried out as a joint project with the Department of the Somme. The project costs of €40 million is to be funded by the European Union (22.5%), the region Picardie (30%), the département (30%), Airbus (11.25%) and the communauté (6.25%). As such, the communauté will pay €468,000 in 2008.
* The business park at Albert.
* The draft joint development zone located between Méaulte and Bécordel-Bécourt between Airbus and the airport at Albert.

## Wind power development

The Community Council of 12 November 2007 approved a draft covering 19 communes, mainly in the north of the territory, which could accommodate wind turbines, if the Prefect approves the application.