Guard champêtre

Sleeve badge of a guard champêtre (2013)

A Garde champêtre (German as field guards ) is in France a municipal official , the police tasks, mainly perceives in monitoring and securing of public order outside closed settlements, for example, in agricultural and forest areas used.

The area of ​​responsibility and sometimes the corps of the Gardes champêtres are referred to as Police rurale . They are thus separated from the Police municipale, which is also municipal .

Gardes champêtres are appointed by the mayor of the respective municipality or the president of a municipal association; they are always subordinate to the respective mayor when exercising their office. As part of its exercise of office, the guard champêtre is authorized to determine personal details and to take minutes.

The institution of the Garde champêtre , which can be traced back to the Middle Ages, has lost much of its importance in recent decades. While there were between 15,000 and 20,000 Guards in France in the 1960s, in 2010 there were fewer than 2000.

Official identification:
Garde Champêtre principal stagiaire
Garde Champêtre principal titulaire
Garde Champêtre chef
Garde Champêtre chef principal

Police rurale service vehicle

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Statute, rôle et missions des Gardes Champêtres. Fédération Nationale des Gardes Champêtres communaux et intercommunaux de France, February 8, 2015, accessed on February 14, 2015 (French, website of the national federation of the Gardes champêtres ).  
2. ↑ Les gardes champêtres craignent de disparaître. La Croix , January 14, 2010, accessed February 14, 2015 (French).