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Denain, in Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut
Photo (Denain): Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nord · Hauts-de-France · 159,703 residents · Chair: Aymeric Robin

Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut

€156.2 million spent in 2025.

€978 per resident · Urban-area groupings of the same size: €702

What Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut spends, by policy

  • Town planning and housing30%€46.3M
  • Culture, sport and youth9%€14.8M
  • Economy and trade8%€13M
  • Administration and shared services8%€13M
  • Loans: repayments and interest7%€11.1M
  • Public safety5%€8.1M
  • Streets and transport4%€6M
  • Passed on to other bodies21%€33.3M
  • Not assigned to a policy5%€8.3M
The 3 other items (1%)
  • Waste, water and environment1%€1.1M
  • Education1%€971k
  • Health and social care< 1%€186k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €156.2M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Associations and other bodies26%€40.2M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Companies25%€39.2M

    Purchases, services and works.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities21%€33.3M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • The intercommunality’s staff10%€14.9M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Banks7%€11.1M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Public bodies5%€8M

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Other6%€9.5M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut (DGFiP).

Investment and works

€28.7M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €180 per resident. Urban-area groupings of the same size: €114.

  • Town planning and housing€15.6M
  • Economy and trade€5.7M
  • Culture, sport and youth€2.9M
  • Streets and transport€2.2M
  • Administration and shared services€1.1M
  • Other policies€1.1M

On top of that, €32.2M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €117.1M · borrowing: €24.5M · spending: €156.2M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)32%€49.3M
  • State and other contributions26%€40.7M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…17%€26.1M
  • Users and rents< 1%€443k
  • Other receipts< 1%€426k
  • Borrowing16%€24.5M
  • Drawn from reserves9%€14.6M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€737 of debt per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €781

9.7 years of savings to repay it

€43 of local taxes per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €49

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 de la Porte du Hainaut

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération de la Porte du HainautWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €978 per resident
  • DépartementNordMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,308 per resident
  • RegionHauts-de-FranceHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €628 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 de la Porte du Hainaut

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 de la Porte du Hainaut: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut · Sources and method

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