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Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny, in Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry
Photo (Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny): WCOMFR, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cher · Centre-Val de Loire · 26,461 residents · Chair: Christophe Drunat

Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry

€11.2 million spent in 2025.

€423 per resident · Town groupings of the same size: €517

What Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry spends, by policy

  • Culture, sport and youth48%€5.4M
  • Health and social care16%€1.8M
  • Administration and shared services14%€1.5M
  • Waste, water and environment7%€786k
  • Loans: repayments and interest6%€646k
  • Economy and trade4%€413k
  • Town planning and housing3%€319k
The 3 other items (3%)
  • Streets and transport1%€93k
  • Passed on to other bodies2%€186k
  • Not assigned to a policy1%€56k

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

Where the money goes

The €11.2M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies45%€5M

    Purchases, services and works.

  • The intercommunality’s staff29%€3.3M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Public bodies9%€969k

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Associations and other bodies6%€708k

    Grants and contributions.

  • Banks6%€646k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities2%€186k

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Other3%€343k

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry (DGFiP).

Investment and works

€3.2M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €122 per resident. Town groupings of the same size: €90.

  • Culture, sport and youth€3.1M
  • Administration and shared services€67k
  • Health and social care€29k
  • Economy and trade€23k
  • Town planning and housing€23k

On top of that, €246k paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €11.2M · borrowing: €900k · spending: €11.2M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)32%€3.9M
  • State and other contributions31%€3.7M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…20%€2.4M
  • Users and rents9%€1M
  • Other receipts1%€150k
  • Borrowing7%€900k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€441 of debt per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €322

3.6 years of savings to repay it

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 290 town groupings of 25,000 to 50,000 residents.

The levels above Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes Terres du Haut BerryWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €423 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 Terres du Haut 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 Terres du Haut Berry: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry · Sources and method

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