Pyrénées-Atlantiques · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 334,316 residents · Chair: Alain Iriart

Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque

€187 million spent in 2025.

€559 per resident · Urban-area groupings of the same size: €687

What Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque spends, by policy

Administration and shared services17%€31.1M
Bodies do not all file the same costs here: some put all their staff under it.
Culture, sport and youth15%€28.2M
Town planning and housing13%€23.9M
Economy and trade10%€18.8M
Loans: repayments and interest9%€16.9M
Health and social care8%€15.4M
Waste, water and environment7%€13.8M
Public safety6%€11M
Education3%€6.1M
Streets and transport3%€6.1M
Passed on to other bodies8%€15M
Not assigned to a policy< 1%€808k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €187M, by recipient.

Companies and contractors32%€60.5M
See the names ↓
Grants and contributions21%€39.4M
Staff21%€39.3M
Pay and contributions.
Banks and lenders9%€16.9M
Joint bodies and syndicates8%€15M
Compulsory contributions6%€12M
Benefits paid to people< 1%€18k
Other2%€3.8M
Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque (DGFiP).

128 contracts signed in 2025 · €71.9M before tax

Why this total differs from the €60.5M 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

€38.1M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €114 per resident. Urban-area groupings of the same size: €114.

STEP viodos modernisation2024 · Sudelec€7.2M
Bidart modernisation station d’épuration2023 · Neo Réseaux€5M
Travaux de génie civil pose conteneurs secteur SPB2024 · Colas France (Établissement Cote Basque)€3.3M
Renforcement conduite transfert AEP helbarron-choucoutoun2023 · Neo Réseaux€2.8M
Démolition-reconstruction réservoir ur Mendi gc2024 · Neo Réseaux€2.6M

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

On top of that, €16.6M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €177M · borrowing: €25.1M · spending: €187M.

Breakdown of resources

Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)46%€93.4M
State and other contributions18%€36.9M
Grants for works and VAT refunds14%€29.2M
Users and rents6%€12M
Other receipts3%€5.4M
Borrowing12%€25.1M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€1,070 of debt per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €781

5.4 years of savings to repay it

€68 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 du Pays Basque

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

IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Pays BasqueWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
€559
DépartementPyrénées-AtlantiquesMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
€1,273
RegionNouvelle-AquitaineHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
€509

Each row: the body’s own spending per resident, the figure at the top of its page (DGFiP). Not to be added up: a grant from one level is spent by another.

Who is part of Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque

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.

Do you work for Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque, or sit on its council? A figure to correct, context to add: write to us.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque · Sources and method

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