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Calais, in Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers
Photo (Calais): Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 100,209 residents · Chair: Natacha Bouchart

Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers

€79.8 million spent in 2025.

€796 per resident · Urban-area groupings of the same size: €702

What Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers spends, by policy

  • Waste, water and environment22%€17.5M
  • Culture, sport and youth19%€14.8M
  • Administration and shared services16%€12.4M

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

  • Town planning and housing11%€8.7M
  • Economy and trade10%€8M
  • Loans: repayments and interest7%€5.4M
  • Streets and transport4%€3.2M
  • Health and social care4%€3.1M
  • Passed on to other bodies7%€6M
The 3 other items (1%)
  • Public safety< 1%€352k
  • Education< 1%€323k
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€31k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €79.8M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies41%€32.8M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The intercommunality’s staff28%€22.3M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Associations and other bodies13%€10.7M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities7%€6M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Banks7%€5.4M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Other3%€2.6M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers (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: €32.8M (its accounts).

42 contracts signed in 2025 · €13.1M before tax

Why this total differs from the €32.8M 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

€16.3M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €162 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 Grand Calais Terres et Mers (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €73.8M · borrowing: €4M · spending: €79.8M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)42%€33.4M
  • State and other contributions30%€23.6M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…16%€12.5M
  • Users and rents4%€2.9M
  • Other receipts2%€1.4M
  • Borrowing5%€4M
  • Drawn from reserves2%€2M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€896 of debt per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €781

7.2 years 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 Grand Calais Terres et Mers

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et MersWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €796 per resident
  • DépartementPas-de-CalaisMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,344 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 Grand Calais Terres et Mers

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 Grand Calais Terres et Mers: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers · Sources and method

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