The association of rural mayors of France federates, informs and represents the mayors of municipalities of less than 3,500 inhabitants throughout France. The AMRF is committed to the daily local level as national to defend and promote the specific challenges of rurality. Created in 1971, the AMRF thus brings together nearly 10,000 rural mayors, grouped in a friendly and united network of departmental associations, independently of political powers and parties. His motto: "Mayors at the service of mayors". In a few years, the AMRF has established itself as the specific representative of the rural world with decision -makers as major …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

The region of the Pays de la Loire brings together 5 departments: La Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée. It has 3.7 million inhabitants distributed in 1,357 municipalities. It is a balanced territory between rural areas and urban areas, organized around 7 large agglomerations (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Cholet, Le Mans, Laval and La-Roche-sur-Yon) and 1,108 municipalities of less than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the first port of the Atlantic facade. Its economic dynamism is a real force which allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in France …

Sectors: National and local authorities

Help communities to implement their projects. The National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT) supports communities in the development of their territorial projects. Created on January 1, 2020, it brings together the general equality of territories, the digital agency and Epareca. Support for communities, communities advice, project facilitator, financial engineering, technical engineering, assistance to public contracting authority, project engineering, and piloting national support programs