37. The standardized property value per inhabitant of the new municipality for the year of reference must be the quotient obtained by dividing the first of the following amounts by the second:(1) the dividend is the total of the standardized property values of the former municipalities that are established for the year of reference in accordance with section 9 and, where applicable, with sections 10 and 11; and
(2) the divisor is the total populations of the former municipalities established for the year of reference in accordance with the third paragraph of section 8, or the total populations of those municipalities established in the same manner for any of the 3 fiscal years preceding the year of reference, whichever is greater.
The total provided for in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph must also constitute the population of the new municipality for the purposes of section 22.