qondio.com/D6Ve PRINT EMAIL
French Land Ownership Two thousand years ago the Romans made careful maps of their Empire to be able to collect taxes from all landowners - so nothing has changed there. In the museum in Beziers there are some old drawings of the plots of land, probably given to retired Roman soldiers to make into farms (and pay taxes) these Plans Cadastrale look very similar to the ones we use today for every property transaction, many of the plots and boubaries are exactly the same as they were in the year dot. Getting a copy of the Plans Cadastrale of a property used to mean a visit to the local Mairie, waiting for everyone to come out of the pub/cafe/bar/bordello and get back into the office, then to be told their computer/Microfiche reader/printer/pencil/clay-tablet was out of order. Now you can get these plans online at … www.cadastre.gouv.fr I can zoom in on my neighbours or anywhere in France and see exactly what area their plot of land is and where the boundaries are - so with Google maps and http://www.geoportail.fr/ you can get a very clear idea of a property offered for sale.

External Links

http://www.geoportail.fr/

Contributed by Tony Tidswell on March 10, 2008, at 5:04 PM UTC.

Reactions

No reactions yet.

Rate This Intel

Please login or sign up to rate this intel.

Comments

Please login or sign up to add a comment.

Share

Copyright Notice

The copyright for this content entitled "French Land Ownership" has been specified by the contributor as:

All Rights Reserved

This content may not be copied, distributed or adapted by anyone under any circumstances.

Login Here with Any Email Address Any Password Remember login No account? Sign up.

Intel Contributor

This intel was contributed by Tony Tidswell Tony Tidswell

Qondio Archive

May, 2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2008 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2009 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2010 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2011 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2012 January, February, March, April, May

Sign Up

Not a member yet? Qondio is a powerful network for making it online. If you have a website to promote, we can help. Sign up and get in on the action.

About Qondio

Welcome to Qondio! Discover the awesome power this network can deliver by going to our About page. Or you could skip straight to the Sign Up form.