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Vouziers, in Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise
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Ardennes · Grand Est · 16,977 residents · Chair: Pierre Laurent-Chauvet

Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise

€10.8 million spent in 2025.

€635 per resident · Town groupings of the same size: €515

What Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise spends, by policy

  • Administration and shared services97%€10.4M

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

  • Loans: repayments and interest2%€194k
  • Education2%€178k
  • Public safety< 1%€75

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €10.8M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • The intercommunality’s staff38%€4.1M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies21%€2.2M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies16%€1.7M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Public bodies6%€700k

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Banks2%€194k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Residents< 1%€27k

    Aid, study grants and emergency help.

  • Other17%€1.8M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise (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: €2.2M (its accounts).

21 contracts signed in 2025 · €6.2M before tax

Why this total differs from the €2.2M 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

€1.4M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €82 per resident. Town groupings of the same size: €78.

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, €897k paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €10.2M · borrowing: €906 · spending: €10.8M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)61%€6.6M
  • State and other contributions23%€2.5M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…7%€705k
  • Users and rents1%€133k
  • Other receipts2%€240k
  • Borrowing< 1%€906
  • Drawn from reserves5%€569k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€213 of debt per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €311

1.4 year of savings to repay it

€290 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 de l'Argonne Ardennaise

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de l'Argonne ArdennaiseWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €635 per resident
  • DépartementArdennesMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,477 per resident
  • RegionGrand EstHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €743 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 de l'Argonne Ardennaise

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 de l'Argonne Ardennaise: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise · Sources and method

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