France 80% open

France is ranked #3 in the 2014 Index
France's overall Index ranking is up from #12 in 2013

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. (2013) Score
1 Election Results
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/da... XML #14  90% 100%
1 Election Results
URL: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/resultats-de-lintegralite-des-elections-depuis-2001/
Format: XML

National elections results are available in open data at council level (Communes). However, it is worth noted the Ministry of Interior still refuses to publish elections results at pooling station level, even though the data are transmitted and published by civil society organization Regards Citoyens https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/resultat-des-elections-presidentielles-francaise-de-2012-au-niveau-bureau-de-vote-nd/.


1 Government Budget
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/da... CSV #11  90% 100%
1 Government Budget
URL: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/?q=plf&temporal_coverage=2014-01-01-2014-12-31
Format: CSV

Proposed revision: url updated, and data is available in bulk. "It is considered non-bulk if the citizens are limited to getting parts of the dataset through an online interface". It's not the case.


1 Pollutant Emissions
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/da... CSV #13  60% 100%
1 Pollutant Emissions
URL: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/entrepot-d-indicateurs-et-de-donnees-sur-l-environnement-eider/
Format: CSV

Data from the data warehouse on environmental indicators are available in machine-readable (CSV files). Bulk download is possible for each indicator from the website.


1 National Map
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http://professionnels.ign.fr/f... TIFF ... #14  70% 100%
1 National Map
URL: http://professionnels.ign.fr/franceraster#tab-3
Format: TIFF (georeferenced)

FranceRaster (provided by IGN) are available, in tiff georeferenced format, free of charge and under the Licence Ouverte / Open License (allowing commercial and non-commercial use alike) for resolution from 1:100.000 to 1:800.000. The current version (V4) has been published in october 2013.


1 National Statistics
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/da... CSV #13  75% 100%
1 National Statistics
URL: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/?sort=-created&organization=534fff81a3a7292c64a77e5c
Format: CSV

Data are machine readable (csv file) and available on the open data platform data.gouv.fr.


1 Postcodes / Zipcodes
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/da... CSV #45  0% 100%
1 Postcodes / Zipcodes
URL: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/base-officielle-des-codes-postaux/
Format: CSV

La Poste now provides postcodes dataset as open data. Postcodes in France often cover several municipalities. The dataset can be completed with GEOFLA® data from IGN wich provides geo-referenced administrative boundaries also as open data.


15 Transport Timetables
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http://ressources.data.sncf.co... GTFS #4  80% 70%
15 Transport Timetables
URL: http://ressources.data.sncf.com/explore/?refine.theme=Horaires+et+itinéraires
Format: GTFS

The data available is not complete, only Transilien, Intercités and TER lines are provided and not the main fast TGV lines. Also the licence under which it is released is an internal rewriting of the french ODbL with modifications that make it unsure whether it is actually OpenDefinition compliant.

Revision: the data are updated on a weekly basis for Transilien and every two months for TER and Intercités. So the data is provided on a timely and up to date basis.


20 Legislation
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/da... XML #13  70% 70%
20 Legislation
URL: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/legi-codes-lois-et-reglements-consolides/
Format: XML

Data are now available online and for free. Regarding the license, it is now openly licensed but still subject to the 2002-1064 decree which, in theory, authorize the data owner to refuse to grant the license to a reuser. See http://rip.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/index.php/pages/juridiques


23 Company Register
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http://www.sirene.fr/sirene/pu... xml, csv #34  40% 50%
23 Company Register
URL: http://www.sirene.fr/sirene/public/static/conditions-generales-vente
Format: xml, csv

The whole bulk data is available online under highly restricted conditions for 65 994 € and 255 € per update. http://www.sirene.fr/static-resources/doc/redifsirR2a.pdf


16 Government Spending
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n/a n/a #19  10% 10%
16 Government Spending


Spending data at transnational level are collected and stored on the financial information system named CHORUS. Data is however not accessible online to the public.


Contributors

Reviewers

  • Regards Citoyens
  • Pierre Chrzanowski
  • Daniela Mattern

Submitters

  • Simon Chignard (Etalab)
  • Daniela Mattern
  • OKF France
  • @logisima
  • Pierre Chrzanowski
  • Benoît Simard
  • Benjamin Ooghe