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Orne · Normandie · 7,682 residents · Chair: Christophe De Balorre

Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe

€10 million spent in 2025.

€1,301 per resident · Town groupings of the same size: €607

What Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe spends, by policy

  • Administration and shared services68%€6.8M

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

  • Education11%€1.1M
  • Streets and transport7%€657k
  • Loans: repayments and interest4%€356k
  • Culture, sport and youth3%€279k
  • Town planning and housing3%€275k
The 4 other items (5%)
  • Economy and trade2%€218k
  • Health and social care1%€149k
  • Waste, water and environment1%€99k
  • Passed on to other bodies1%€81k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €10M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies66%€6.6M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The intercommunality’s staff21%€2.1M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Banks4%€356k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Public bodies2%€197k

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Associations and other bodies2%€188k

    Grants and contributions.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities1%€82k

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Other5%€491k

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe (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: €6.6M (its accounts).

14 contracts signed in 2025 · €2.4M before tax

Why this total differs from the €6.6M 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

€4.8M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €629 per resident. Town groupings of the same size: €95.

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.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €7.9M · borrowing: €1.1M · spending: €10M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)36%€3.6M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…24%€2.4M
  • State and other contributions11%€1.1M
  • Users and rents6%€562k
  • Other receipts1%€90k
  • Borrowing11%€1.1M
  • Drawn from reserves10%€1M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€1,017 of debt per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €337

7.3 years of savings to repay it

€256 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 de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute SartheWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €1,301 per resident
  • DépartementOrneMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,434 per resident
  • RegionNormandieHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €580 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 la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe

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 la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe · Sources and method

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