`fr_commune`

Pack: france-geodata · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/fr_commune for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

French commune lookup (Etalab/INSEE commune register): INSEE code, postcodes, population, department, region, centre point and area. Look up by name or INSEE code, or pass lat+lon to find the commune containing a point. Example: “population of Lyon” -> 69123, 519,127.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	no	Commune name, e.g. “Lyon”. Returns the best matches.
`insee_code`	string	no	5-character INSEE code, e.g. “69123” (Corsica: “2A004”).
`lat`	number	no	Latitude (WGS84); pair with lon to find the commune at a point.
`lon`	number	no	Longitude (WGS84); pair with lat.
`limit`	number	no	Max communes for a name search, 1-20 (default 5).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Lyon",
  "limit": 3
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/france-geodata/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"fr_commune","arguments":{"name":"Lyon","limit":3}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('fr_commune', {
  "name": "Lyon",
  "limit": 3
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`found`	boolean
`source`	string
`count`	number
`communes`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "found": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "communes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "insee_code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "postcodes": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "population": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "area_ha": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "centre": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "lon": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "lat": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "department": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "region": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the france-geodata pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "france-geodata": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/france-geodata/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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