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Fontvieille, in Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
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Bouches-du-Rhône · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 28,241 residents · Chair: Romain Thomas

Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)

€15.5 million spent in 2025.

€549 per resident · Town groupings of the same size: €517

What Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA) spends, by policy

  • Waste, water and environment63%€9.8M
  • Administration and shared services20%€3.2M

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

  • Town planning and housing3%€525k
  • Economy and trade3%€480k
  • Loans: repayments and interest3%€415k
  • Passed on to other bodies6%€898k
The 4 other items (1%)
  • Streets and transport1%€109k
  • Public safety< 1%€67k
  • Culture, sport and youth< 1%€240
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€31k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA) (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €15.5M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies51%€8M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The intercommunality’s staff34%€5.3M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities6%€913k

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Banks3%€415k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Associations and other bodies2%€321k

    Grants and contributions.

  • Public bodies1%€139k

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Other3%€495k

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA) (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: €8M (its accounts).

47 contracts signed in 2025 · €17.1M before tax

Why this total differs from the €8M 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

€2.5M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €90 per resident. Town groupings of the same size: €90.

  • Waste, water and environment€2.2M
  • Administration and shared services€266k
  • Economy and trade€25k
  • Town planning and housing€23k
  • Streets and transport€15k
  • Other policies€30k

On top of that, €212k paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA) (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €17.7M · borrowing: €2k · spending: €15.5M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)68%€12.1M
  • State and other contributions17%€3M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…8%€1.4M
  • Users and rents6%€1.1M
  • Other receipts1%€142k
  • Borrowing< 1%€2k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€616 of debt per resident

Town groupings of the same size: €322

2.1 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 Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)Waste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €549 per resident
  • DépartementBouches-du-RhôneMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,463 per resident
  • RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €558 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 Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)

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 Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA): to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA) · Sources and method

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