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Laon, in Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Laon
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Aisne · Hauts-de-France · 42,770 residents · Chair: Eric Delhaye

Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Laon

€20 million spent in 2025.

€469 per resident · Urban-area groupings of the same size: €917

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

  • Culture, sport and youth21%€4.2M
  • Administration and shared services16%€3.3M

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

  • Public safety9%€1.9M
  • Waste, water and environment8%€1.6M
  • Economy and trade6%€1.3M
  • Streets and transport4%€896k
  • Town planning and housing4%€758k
  • Passed on to other bodies26%€5.2M
The 4 other items (4%)
  • Health and social care2%€457k
  • Loans: repayments and interest< 1%€9k
  • Education< 1%€54
  • Not assigned to a policy2%€419k

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

Where the money goes

The €20M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities26%€5.2M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • The intercommunality’s staff26%€5.2M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies19%€3.8M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies18%€3.6M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Public bodies9%€1.9M

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Banks< 1%€9k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Other2%€365k

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Laon (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: €3.8M (its accounts).

9 contracts signed in 2025 · €2.4M before tax

What the intercommunality paid in 2025 for these kinds of purchase, from its accounts

  • Insuranceall suppliers together · contract in the list: Relyens SPSpaid €35k

The accounts say how much was paid for each kind of purchase, not to which company. A purchase paid by another public body (joint order, shared service) is not in them.

Why this total differs from the €3.8M 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

€2.2M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €51 per resident. Urban-area groupings of the same size: €163.

  • Culture, sport and youth€1.2M
  • Waste, water and environment€802k
  • Administration and shared services€141k
  • Town planning and housing€31k
  • Economy and trade€29k

On top of that, €766k paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €20.7M · spending: €20M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)70%€14.6M
  • State and other contributions19%€4M
  • Users and rents8%€1.7M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…1%€261k
  • Other receipts1%€109k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€117 of debt per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €498

0.9 year of savings to repay it

€188 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 Laon

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Pays de LaonWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €469 per resident
  • DépartementAisneMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,314 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 du Pays de Laon

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 Laon: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

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

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