Calvados · Normandie · 281,939 residents · Chair: Nicolas Joyau

Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer

€294.9 million spent in 2025.

€1,046 per resident · Urban communities: €926

What Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer spends, by policy

Streets and transport24%€71.5M
Waste, water and environment17%€49.6M
Administration and shared services16%€48.3M
Bodies do not all file the same costs here: some put all their staff under it.
Culture, sport and youth13%€38.8M
Loans: repayments and interest10%€29.8M
Town planning and housing8%€23.6M
Economy and trade5%€15.7M
Public safety5%€15.1M

The 4 other items (1%)

Education< 1%€1.3M
Health and social care< 1%€237k
Passed on to other bodies< 1%€3k
Not assigned to a policy< 1%€943k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €294.9M, by recipient.

Companies and contractors36%€106.6M
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Staff33%€97.6M
Pay and contributions.
Grants and contributions10%€30.9M
Banks and lenders10%€29.8M
Compulsory contributions8%€24.2M
Joint bodies and syndicates< 1%€477k
Other2%€5.3M
Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer (DGFiP).

150 contracts signed in 2025 · €68.6M before tax

Why this total differs from the €106.6M 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

€51M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €181 per resident. Urban communities: €234.

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Largest works contracted since 2023, among published contracts. Amounts planned at signature, often spread over several years.

On top of that, €10.8M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €279M · borrowing: €25M · spending: €294.9M.

Breakdown of resources

Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)61%€185.5M
State and other contributions16%€47.7M
Grants for works and VAT refunds9%€28.5M
Users and rents4%€11.4M
Other receipts2%€5.9M
Borrowing8%€25M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€1,513 of debt per resident

Urban communities: €1,386

5.1 years of savings to repay it

€264 of local taxes per resident

Urban communities: €120

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee). “Urban communities”: median of the 14 urban communities.

The levels above Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer

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

IntercommunalityCommunauté urbaine Caen la MerWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
€1,046
DépartementCalvadosMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
€1,176
RegionNormandieHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
€568

Each row: the body’s own spending per resident, the figure at the top of its page (DGFiP). Not to be added up: a grant from one level is spent by another.

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.

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Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer · Sources and method

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