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Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult, in Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge
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Charente-Maritime · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 18,321 residents

Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge

€6.5 million spent in 2025.

€355 per resident · Town groupings of the same size: €515

What Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge spends, by policy

  • Administration and shared services19%€1.2M

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

  • Streets and transport16%€1M
  • Health and social care13%€878k
  • Culture, sport and youth8%€548k
  • Town planning and housing3%€212k
  • Passed on to other bodies36%€2.3M
The 3 other items (4%)
  • Waste, water and environment2%€151k
  • Loans: repayments and interest1%€82k
  • Economy and trade1%€52k

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

Where the money goes

The €6.5M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities36%€2.3M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Companies29%€1.9M

    Purchases, services and works.

  • The intercommunality’s staff21%€1.3M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Associations and other bodies11%€727k

    Grants and contributions.

  • Banks1%€82k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Residents< 1%€2k

    Aid, study grants and emergency help.

  • Other2%€142k

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge (DGFiP).

Investment and works

€731k of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €40 per resident. Town groupings of the same size: €78.

  • Streets and transport€588k
  • Health and social care€49k
  • Administration and shared services€49k
  • Culture, sport and youth€40k
  • Economy and trade€4k

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €6.4M · spending: €6.5M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)36%€2.3M
  • Users and rents35%€2.3M
  • State and other contributions23%€1.5M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…5%€301k
  • Other receipts1%€43k
  • Drawn from reserves2%€108k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€29 of debt per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €311

1.2 year of savings to repay it

€11 of local taxes per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €68

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 303 town groupings of 15,000 to 25,000 residents.

The levels above Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes Cœur de SaintongeWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €356 per resident
  • DépartementCharente-MaritimeMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,265 per resident
  • RegionNouvelle-AquitaineHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €519 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 Saintonge

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

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

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