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La Souterraine, in Communauté de communes du Pays Sostranien
Photo (La Souterraine): Olybrius, CC BY-SA 4.0

Creuse · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 10,546 residents · Chair: Étienne Lejeune

Communauté de communes du Pays Sostranien

€8.5 million spent in 2025.

€805 per resident · Town groupings of the same size: €607

What Communauté de communes du Pays Sostranien spends, by policy

  • Health and social care25%€2.1M
  • Culture, sport and youth25%€2.1M
  • Waste, water and environment18%€1.6M
  • Administration and shared services12%€1M
  • Town planning and housing7%€619k
  • Economy and trade5%€462k
  • Loans: repayments and interest1%€94k
The 2 other items (5%)
  • Passed on to other bodies4%€376k
  • Not assigned to a policy1%€79k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes du Pays Sostranien (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €8.5M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies27%€2.3M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The intercommunality’s staff26%€2.2M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Public bodies18%€1.5M

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Associations and other bodies5%€423k

    Grants and contributions.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities4%€377k

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Banks1%€94k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Other19%€1.6M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes du Pays Sostranien (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: €2.3M (its accounts).

6 contracts signed in 2025 · €544k before tax

Why this total differs from the €2.3M 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

€1.8M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €175 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.

On top of that, €118k paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes du Pays Sostranien (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €7.5M · borrowing: €468k · spending: €8.5M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)52%€4.4M
  • State and other contributions16%€1.3M
  • Users and rents14%€1.2M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…6%€497k
  • Other receipts1%€59k
  • Borrowing6%€468k
  • Drawn from reserves6%€510k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€559 of debt per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €337

5.7 years of savings to repay it

€61 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 du Pays Sostranien

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Pays SostranienWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €805 per resident
  • DépartementCreuseMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,743 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 du Pays Sostranien

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 du Pays Sostranien: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté de communes du Pays Sostranien · Sources and method

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