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Les Sables-d'Olonne, in Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération
Photo (Les Sables-d'Olonne): Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 3.0

Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 59,944 residents · Chair: Nicolas Chénéchaud

Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération

€132.8 million spent in 2025.

€2,215 per resident · Urban-area groupings of the same size: €662

What Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération spends, by policy

  • Culture, sport and youth22%€29.6M
  • Administration and shared services18%€24.4M

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

  • Economy and trade18%€24.3M
  • Waste, water and environment16%€21.1M
  • Streets and transport10%€13M
  • Town planning and housing6%€8.4M
  • Loans: repayments and interest5%€6.9M
  • Health and social care3%€3.3M
The 3 other items (1%)
  • Public safety1%€1.3M
  • Education< 1%€390k
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€9k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €132.8M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies59%€79M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The intercommunality’s staff20%€26.8M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Associations and other bodies13%€16.7M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Banks5%€6.9M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Public bodies1%€1.1M

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities< 1%€9k

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Residents< 1%€8k

    Aid, study grants and emergency help.

  • Other2%€2.4M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération (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: €79M (its accounts).

21 contracts signed in 2025 · €13.9M before tax

Why this total differs from the €79M 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

€60.7M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €1,013 per resident. Urban-area groupings of the same size: €101.

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, €7.9M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €93.8M · borrowing: €36M · spending: €132.8M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)44%€58.8M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…18%€23.4M
  • State and other contributions5%€6M
  • Users and rents3%€3.9M
  • Other receipts1%€1.7M
  • Borrowing27%€36M
  • Drawn from reserves2%€3M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€2,287 of debt per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €559

8.8 years of savings to repay it

€434 of local taxes per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €51

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 117 urban-area groupings of 50,000 to 100,000 residents.

The levels above Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne AgglomérationWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €2,215 per resident
  • DépartementVendéeMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,087 per resident
  • RegionPays de la LoireHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €457 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 Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération

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 Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération · Sources and method

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