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Méreau, in Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry
Photo (Méreau): Bouriezemmanuel, CC BY-SA 3.0

Cher · Centre-Val de Loire · 7,017 residents · Chair: Sixtine Le Seyec Robert

Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry

€2.1 million spent in 2025.

€298 per resident · Town groupings of the same size: €607

What Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry spends, by policy

  • Administration and shared services46%€970k

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

  • Streets and transport20%€415k
  • Culture, sport and youth12%€241k
  • Health and social care9%€195k
  • Loans: repayments and interest2%€52k
  • Economy and trade2%€47k
The 5 other items (8%)
  • Education1%€21k
  • Town planning and housing< 1%€7k
  • Waste, water and environment< 1%€3k
  • Passed on to other bodies3%€69k
  • Not assigned to a policy3%€70k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €2.1M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies44%€922k

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies23%€490k

    Grants and contributions.

  • The intercommunality’s staff22%€468k

    Pay and contributions.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities3%€69k

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Banks2%€52k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Residents< 1%€1k

    Aid, study grants and emergency help.

  • Other4%€87k

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry (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: €922k (its accounts).

2 contracts signed in 2023 · €610k before tax · no contract published since 2023

Why this total differs from the €922k 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

€487k of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €69 per resident. Town groupings of the same size: €95.

  • Streets and transport€414k
  • Administration and shared services€29k
  • Health and social care€20k
  • Culture, sport and youth€12k
  • Town planning and housing€7k
  • Other policies€5k

On top of that, €301k paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €2M · spending: €2.1M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)55%€1.2M
  • State and other contributions20%€454k
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…20%€447k
  • Users and rents< 1%€10k
  • Drawn from reserves4%€100k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€176 of debt per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €337

3.8 years of savings to repay it

€115 of local taxes per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €102

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee). “Town groupings of the same size”: median of the 335 town groupings of 3,000 to 15,000 residents.

The levels above Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes Cœur de BerryWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €298 per resident
  • DépartementCherMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,422 per resident
  • RegionCentre-Val de LoireHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €579 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 de communes Cœur de Berry

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 de communes Cœur de Berry: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry · Sources and method

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