Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Communes may be designated as tourist communes if they : a) Have a listed tourist office responsible for the area for which the application for designation is made; b) Organise events during tourist periods that are compatible with the status of protected sites or natural areas, particularly in the cultural, artistic, gastronomic or sporting fields; c) Have the capacity to accommodate a non-permanent population whose ratio to the municipal population…

The accommodation capacity for the non-permanent population referred to in article R. 133-32 is estimated by adding together the following figures: -number of rooms in classified and unclassified hotels multiplied by two ; -the number of beds in tourist residences meeting criteria determined by decree; -the number of furnished accommodation units multiplied by four; -the number of pitches on campsites multiplied by three; -number of beds in holiday villages and…

The resolution requesting the designation of tourist municipality, together with the application file, is sent by the mayor to the prefect by electronic means or, failing that, by post. If the application is incomplete, the Prefect will notify the applicant within two months, specifying the missing documents.

Designation as a tourist municipality is granted by prefectoral decree for a period of five years. Rejection of the application is the subject of a reasoned decision by the departmental prefect, who notifies the mayor. Silence will be deemed to constitute rejection after the expiry of a period of two months from receipt of the complete application by the Prefect.

Any public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may apply for the designation of tourist municipality, for one, several or all of its member municipalities, with the exception of municipalities which exercise the competence of tourism promotion, including the creation of tourist offices, in application of the provisions of articles L. 5214-16 and L. 5216-5 of the general code of territorial collectivities. The decision of the governing body of the public inter-municipal…