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Definitions and methods
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- Classifications: the main French statistical classifications in the economic and social area.
- Definitions: glossary of terms often used in INSEE surveys and studies.
- Data sources and methods: the main data sources explained.
- Official geographic code, study areas: the official geographic code and the main geographic study areas.
- Statistical tools: INSEE statistical tools available to users (in French).
- XML namespace and geographic data in RDF/XML format: XML schemas for displaying identification and classification data managed by INSEE. Data modeled on the Semantic Web RDF standard.
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In this section, we provide access to all the nomenclatures used by INSEE.
Nomenclature file downloads (in excel or dbase format) are available in the different sub-sections.
The definitions of the concepts used in our results and presentations of the sources and surveys are also available.
