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La Grande-Motte, in Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or
Photo (La Grande-Motte): Olivier Cleynen, CC BY 4.0

Hérault · Occitanie · 46,100 residents · Chair: Stéphan Rossignol

Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or

€56.9 million spent in 2025.

€1,234 per resident · Urban-area groupings of the same size: €917

What Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or spends, by policy

  • Administration and shared services25%€14M

    Bodies do not all file the same costs here: some put all their staff under it.

  • Waste, water and environment22%€12.3M
  • Culture, sport and youth15%€8.5M
  • Education12%€6.9M
  • Health and social care12%€6.7M
  • Loans: repayments and interest7%€3.8M
  • Streets and transport5%€2.7M
The 4 other items (3%)
  • Economy and trade2%€976k
  • Town planning and housing1%€721k
  • Public safety< 1%€143k
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€95k

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

Where the money goes

The €56.9M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • The intercommunality’s staff48%€27.5M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies31%€17.5M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies11%€6.3M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Banks7%€3.8M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities< 1%€95k

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Other3%€1.7M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or (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: €17.5M (its accounts).

10 contracts signed in 2025 · €7.5M before tax

Why this total differs from the €17.5M 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

€8.4M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €182 per resident. Urban-area groupings of the same size: €163.

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, €1.1M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €55.9M · spending: €56.9M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)36%€20.2M
  • Users and rents31%€17.4M
  • State and other contributions22%€12.2M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…8%€4.4M
  • Other receipts3%€1.7M
  • Drawn from reserves2%€955k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€416 of debt per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €498

1.1 year of savings to repay it

€57 of local taxes per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €89

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 18 urban-area groupings of 28,000 to 50,000 residents.

The levels above Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'OrWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €1,234 per resident
  • DépartementHéraultMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,372 per resident
  • RegionOccitanieHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €542 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 du Pays de l'Or

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 du Pays de l'Or: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

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

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