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The '''''délégation interministérielle à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'attractivité régionale''''' (English: Interministerial Delegation of Land Planning and Regional Attractiveness) or '''DATAR''' was a French administration working for the [[Minister of Territorial Development (France)|Minister of Territorial Development]]. It applied decisions taken by the [[comité interministériel d'aménagement et de développement du territoire|Interministerial Committee of Land Planning and Development]] (CIADT).
It was created in 1963 by [[Georges Pompidou]]'s government.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.georges-pompidou.org/epoque/fiche_thema/amenagement.htm Georges Pompidou et l'aménagement du territoire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114134344/http://www.georges-pompidou.org/epoque/fiche_thema/amenagement.htm |date=2008-11-14 }}</ref>
In 2009, DATAR handed over its missions to the '''''Commissariat général à l’égalité des territoires''''' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cget.gouv.fr/ |title=Home |website=cget.gouv.fr}}</ref> (English: General Commission for Equal Territories).
== Different names ==
When created in 1963, the DATAR is named "Délégation à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'action régionale" (Land Development and Regional Action Delegation). In 2005, it changed to "Délégation interministérielle à l'aménagement et à la compétitivité des territoires" (DIACT; Interministerial Delegation of Planning and Territorial Competitiveness). In 2009, it became DATAR.
== Actions performed by the DATAR ==
The DATAR insisted in the 70's that the [[SNCF]] build a new railway station on the [[LGV Sud-Est]], near [[Montchanin]] : this station would become the [[Gare du Creusot TGV]].<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://rge.revues.org/index1221.html ''Gares exurbanisées et développement urbain : Le cas des gares TGV bourguignonnes''], Valérie Facchinetti-Mannone 2006, Revue géographique de l'Est vol. 46, no1-2, p. 15-23</ref>
In the 70's, the DATAR gives funds [[Matra Transport]] to launch the development of [[Aramis (personal rapid transit)|ARAMIS]], a [[personal rapid transit]] project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/history.htm|title = Some Lessons from the History of PRT}}</ref>
In the 80's, the DATAR launches a ''Mission photographique'', whose goal is to know better the French territory by taking thousands of photographs.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://etudesphotographiques.revues.org/index1432.html La France vue du sol]</ref> Most of those photographs are stored in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]].
In 1965, the DATAR gives funds to [[Jean Bertin]] to help him create his company, the "Société d'Etude de l'[[Aérotrain]]", which aims to build a new [[hovercraft]] train.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://cets.groupe-icam.fr/Cas/bertin.htm L'Aérotrain ou la tragédie de Jean Bertin.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030041521/http://cets.groupe-icam.fr/Cas/bertin.htm |date=2009-10-30 }}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208003821/http://www.datar.gouv.fr/ official website]
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