This dataset presents the vintage legal populations, produced by INSEE, at the municipal level, from the year 2006. The legal vintage populations of a year N come into force on 1st January of the year N+3. Their statistical reference date is 1st January N+3 and take into account the territorial limits of the municipalities as defined for year N+3.. (for example)The applied population definition is as follows: Municipal population:The municipal population includes people who have their usual residence on the territory of the municipality, in a dwelling or community, people detained in the prison establishments of the municipality, homeless people registered on the territory of the municipality and the people usually residing in a mobile home listed on the territory of the municipality. Population counted separately: The population counted separately includes certain people whose usual residence is in another municipality but who have kept a residence on the territory of the municipality: minors whose the family residence is in another municipality but who reside, because of their studies, in the municipalitypeople with a family residence on the territory of the municipality and residing in a community of another municipality ; the community being part of the following list: medium or long stay services of public or private health establishments, medium or long stay social establishments, retirement homes, homes and social residences;religious communities;barracks or military establishments;adults under the age of 25 who have their family residence on the territory of the municipality and who reside in another municipality for their studies;people without a fixed address attached to the municipality within the meaning of the law of January 3, 1969 and not listed in the municipality.Total population : Total population is the sum of the municipal population and the population counted separately. More information on legal populations can be found at the following link: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3677855#documentation-sommaireThe other COMs and Mayotte carry out, by derogation (article 157), general population censuses every five years. The statistical processing of these censuses is the responsibility of the competent statistical institute: INSEE for Mayotte, the local statistical institute for each of the three Pacific communities. For Mayotte, the data for year N are considered equivalent for the other municipalities with a census year of N-3 until the next census. Example: the census years from 2009 to 2013 correspond to the Mayotte census of 2012 (year of use therefore from 2012 to 2016).
