Tag:boundary=local_authority

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Public-images-osm logo.svg boundary = local_authority
Description
Describes the territory of a local authority Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: boundaries
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasmay be used on relations
Requires
Useful combination
Status: in use

This tag describes the territory of a local authority.

In France

This tag is used for EPCI (the structures of cooperation between communes), because they aren't strictly administrative units, and don't follow the admin_level scheme.

It is only used on relations, with the following tags:

In India

  • local_authority:IN=* with one of the following values: gram_panchayat, municipality, municipal_corporation.

In Spain

The spanish mancomunities (association of municipalities) follows the same rules as France. It is only used on relations, with the following tags: