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Colmar, in Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération
Photo (Colmar): Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0

Grand Est · 115,750 residents · Chair: Eric Straumann

Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération

€45.9 million spent in 2025.

€397 per resident · Urban-area groupings of the same size: €702

What Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération spends, by policy

  • Waste, water and environment43%€19.9M
  • Public safety13%€6M
  • Economy and trade13%€6M
  • Town planning and housing10%€4.6M
  • Administration and shared services9%€4.2M
  • Streets and transport8%€3.7M
The 6 other items (3%)
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€883k
  • Education< 1%€194k
  • Loans: repayments and interest< 1%€61k
  • Health and social care< 1%€3k
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€171k
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€214k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €45.9M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies54%€24.8M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies15%€7.1M

    Grants and contributions.

  • The intercommunality’s staff15%€6.8M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Public bodies13%€5.8M

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities< 1%€171k

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Banks< 1%€61k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Other3%€1.2M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération (DGFiP).

Contracts state a maximum amount for their whole term, often several years. That amount differs from what was paid. Purchases, services and works paid to companies by the intercommunality in 2025: €24.8M (its accounts).

37 contracts signed in 2025 · €16.1M before tax

Why this total differs from the €24.8M of purchases, services and works paid to companies

These are the amounts of the contracts signed in the year, over their whole length, not what was paid. The money paid in a year also goes to older contracts and to purchases too small to be published (under €40,000 excl. VAT). For a framework agreement, the amount is a ceiling.

Investment and works

€9.9M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €86 per resident. Urban-area groupings of the same size: €114.

Click a building site to see the contract

Largest works contracted since 2023, among published contracts. Amounts planned at signature, often spread over several years.

On top of that, €4.6M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €44.7M · borrowing: €15k · spending: €45.9M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)49%€22.5M
  • State and other contributions36%€16.8M
  • Users and rents6%€2.6M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…5%€2.4M
  • Other receipts1%€421k
  • Borrowing< 1%€15k
  • Drawn from reserves3%€1.2M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€16 of debt per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €781

0.1 year of savings to repay it

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee). “Urban-area groupings of the same size”: median of the 94 urban-area groupings of 100,000 to 365,000 residents.

The levels above Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération

Spending per resident in 2025, and what each level pays for.

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération Colmar AgglomérationWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €397 per resident
  • RegionGrand EstHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €743 per resident

Each amount is what the body spends per resident, from its accounts (DGFiP). Do not add them up: part of the money passes from one body to another.

Who is part of Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération

Understanding these figures

Who does what

The intercommunality collects and treats waste, often runs water and sanitation, organises urban transport, and pays part of its revenue back to its member towns.

Official table of responsibilities (July 2025)

Why the levels are not added up

The same euro can appear twice: once when a region or a département pays a grant, again when the town spends it. Each page shows its own body’s spending.

Where these figures come from

Spending: the accounts of the main budget published by the DGFiP, by public policy. Revenue, debt and taxes: OFGL. Contracts: published contract data (DECP), amounts planned at signing.

Elected officials and staff of Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération · Sources and method

Accounts 2025 (DGFiP, OFGL). The method · See the source