Chapter V: Villages and family holiday homes.

Family holiday homes are non-profit-making establishments of a social, family and cultural nature, whose main purpose is to accommodate families during their holidays and leisure activities. Priority is given to families on low incomes. They may welcome other categories of users, as defined by interministerial decree, particularly outside school holidays. They must offer accommodation, catering facilities and community services tailored to the needs of families.

The accommodation may be divided into collective or individual units, grouped together on the same plot of land or scattered over the territory of a municipality or neighbouring municipalities, provided that the distances to be covered allow users daily access to the reception office and collective family services. They may comprise, in whole or in part, premises that have no foundations and that can be dismantled, transported or towed. These…

Family holiday homes provide collective catering or offer individual facilities for preparing meals.

Family holiday homes provide regular care for children by organising a variety of recreational and educational leisure activities. They provide adults with a programme of socio-cultural and leisure activities designed to encourage the development of social life and facilitate integration into the local community.

Some of the communal facilities used for family sports and leisure activities may not belong to the family holiday home. When they belong to a local authority or third party, a multi-year agreement must be signed between the holiday family home and the local authority or third party concerned.

All premises and facilities must comply with current planning, building, health and safety regulations, in particular the decree of 30 January 1978 on special building regulations for collectively managed leisure accommodation.