Marina in France – Wikipedia

Since the 1960s, many pleasure ports were created in France, either from a pre -existing reduced size port and turned towards fishing or trade, or by building an extension dedicated to pleasure not far from an always active port (the white mill with Brest, the minimal at La Rochelle) is more rarely from nothing (Port-Camargue, Pornichet, etc.)

Today the pleasure ports located in the most popular cruise areas (Baie de Quiberon, Arcachon basin, Côte d’Azur) are saturated. The boats park increases regularly while the creation of new ports has become difficult if not impossible: favorable locations have become rare and residents of the coastal municipalities only accept part of the coast is sacrificed to this type of installation . Extensions of existing ports do not allow the problem to be solved. The buyer of a boat can wait several years before having a place (5 years on average), the record being recorded in Granville (Manche) where the waiting time exceeds 30 years ^{[ first ]} .

According to the French Federation of Pleasure Ports (FFPP), in 2008 there were in France (metropolitan area and dom-tom) 180 pleasure ports (maritime and river), as well as 370 reception facilities (sometimes simple buoys) or 166,000 Ponton seats and 166,000 seats at anchor ^{[ first ] , [ 2 ]} . 48% of these ports and installations are managed by a public management ^{[ 2 ]} .
The need would be 54,000 additional places according to the FFPP, and 20,000 according to the National Union of Navigateur Associations (UNAN), with 76% of boaters registered on the waiting list which would already have a place (UNAN). According to the Cabinet Horizons Experts, nearly 28,000 places are occupied by boaters over 70 years and are released in future years when the following generations seem to turn away from pleasure (- 25% of new boats in new boats in 2009) ^{[ first ]} . But at the same time the new registration figures in 2009 are not a reference because of the global economic crisis.

The state wanted to maintain control of these developments first; then the regulations evolved in the sense of decentralization (laws of decentralization of 2 mars 1982 A you January 7, 1983 ). The law of July 22, 1983 Completing that of January 7, 1983 .
The coastal law of January 3, 1986 followed, relating to the development, protection and enhancement of the coast. It defines rules and principles relating in particular to:

• the mastery of coastal urbanization (see national development directive of August 25, 1979 relating to the protection and development of the coast),
• accessibility to shore (cf. law of December 31, 1976 reforming town planning).

Regarding pleasure ports, the law aims to moderate the desire of developers by enacting general provisions which aim to limit their anarchic increase while promoting slight investment formulas.
– Article L.146-6 of the Town Planning Code (new) prescribed that “documents and decisions relating to the vocation of areas or the occupation and use of soils preserve land and sea spaces, Remarkable sites and landscapes or characteristics of the natural and cultural heritage of the coastline, and the environments necessary for the maintenance of organic balances ”.
This law does not seek to flatten all conflicts of interest on the coast, but the protection of the coast is a dominant element.
The principle being made, we must find the means to implement it. In 1998, only 6 municipalities respected this law in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

The works of creation and extension of pleasure ports are expressly exempt from an impact study (Environment Code, art. R.123-9 1 °). On the other hand, for the realization of such work, an impact notice must be developed. It is a less heavy procedure which requires less advanced scientific analyzes.

In Brittany [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

On 1,772 km of coastline, Brittany is home to 52 pleasure ports with pontoons and dozens of moving authorized out of port, some of which are very important, such as Dinard, Saint-Briac, Saint-Cast-le-Guildo or Erquy. 206 197 boats are registered in Brittany, (23.2% or ¼ of the national pleasure fleet in 2007 according to “pleasure in a few figures – DGMT study over the period of September 2006 up to August 2007 »), Including 60,912 sailboats and 132,334 motor boats. ¾ of them are less than 6 meters away. In fact, the Breton “active” fleet is more around 75,000 units. Pleasure has been constantly developing since the late 1960s and has been a floating park which increased by 2.5% per year.

A boat that does not sail is either out of water or to the platform or moored to a buoy. The number of locations sold in Brittany is estimated that more than 60,000. Ports and moorings play an important role for pleasure by ensuring in particular the permanent or temporary reception of boats. But today pontoons and buoys are no longer enough and wild moisture abounds. More and more numerous, boaters encounter welcoming difficulties. In 2000, the unsatisfied space request corresponded to 28.4% of the existing places in the ports of Brittany. Professionals speak of “chronic engorgement” and evoke a deficit of 10,000 places, especially in South Brittany and on the Côte d’Emerald (according to an article in the article West France of April 12, 2006 ).
According to a regional survey on the capacity for maritime pleasure, there existed in the year 2000 around 56,000 authorized places, divided between 93 port concessions, 145 areas of organized mooring and 4,200 individual moorings authorized. The shortage of reception structures in the face of the ever -increasing number of ships has led many boaters to practice wild anchorage, having obtained no authorization to occupy the public domain. The actual total number of places occupied in 2000 would then reach at least 65,000.

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