The population to be taken into account for the application of this section is that resulting from the census, increased each year by population increases under conditions defined by decree in the Council of State.
This population is the total population plus, unless otherwise specified, one inhabitant per secondary residence and one inhabitant per caravan site located in a reception area for Travellers meeting the conditions of the agreement in Article L. 851-1 of the Social Security Code and the technical standards in force, set by a decree of the Conseil d’Etat. The population increase is raised to two inhabitants per caravan site for municipalities eligible the previous year for the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant provided for in article L. 2334-15 or to the first fraction of the rural solidarity grant provided for in Article L. 2334-21.
For communes that meet the five cumulative conditions mentioned in the following six paragraphs, the population to be taken into account in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the application of this section is that used to calculate the global operating grant for the 2008 financial year.
This provision applies to municipalities meeting the following conditions:
1° The population of the commune was the subject of an amending population decree applicable on 1 January 2008, amending the decree applicable on 1 January 2006 or an amending population decree applicable on 1 January 2007;
2° The population taken into account in the calculation of the allocations in 2008, under the first paragraph of this article, is greater than that authenticated on 1 January 2009 ;
3° The population, calculated under the conditions defined in the second paragraph of this article, was greater than or equal to 10,000 inhabitants in 2008;
4° The municipality was eligible in 2008 for the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant, under the conditions set out in article L. 2334-16;
5° The per capita financial potential, calculated under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2334-4, was 25% lower in 2008 than the average per capita financial potential at regional level for communes with 10,000 or more inhabitants.
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