What Villeurbanne does

Villeurbanne is a French commune (municipal government) serving a population of more than 150,000 residents, making it the second-largest city in the Lyon metropolitan area. It delivers the full range of statutory municipal services including education administration, childcare, school catering (a central kitchen producing approximately 7,500 meals per day), waste management, urban planning, social services, cultural and sports programming, and civil registry functions. The city is governed by Mayor Cédric Van Styvendael and operates within the Métropole de Lyon inter-communal framework.

The municipality's core technology stack is a portfolio of specialized digital portals built around the central villeurbanne.fr site: alecole.villeurbanne.fr for school-related services, viva.villeurbanne.fr for family and household services, participez.villeurbanne.fr for civic participation and public consultations, and demarches.villeurbanne.fr for administrative procedures. The main website was redesigned and relaunched in August 2025 by digital agency Actimage, with a planned accessibility (RGAA-compliance) redesign scheduled for 2026. Villeurbanne also operates or co-manages multi-communal infrastructure, including the Chamagnieu facility staffed by 24 personnel.

The commune's revenue model is that of a French local government: operating income derives from local taxes (housing, property, and other statutory levies), state and metropolitan transfers (dotations), user fees for specific services such as school meals and childcare, and inter-municipal cost-sharing arrangements. Partnerships with entities such as Emmaüs, FNADSA, and the Métropole de Lyon extend service scope in areas including circular economy and metropolitan coordination. As a public-sector entity, Villeurbanne has a captive resident customer base and does not compete in open markets for municipal services.

Name

Villeurbanne

Legal name

Ville de Villeurbanne

Website

https://villeurbanne.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Villeurbanne is a French commune of 150,000+ residents delivering statutory municipal services including education, childcare, waste management, and urban planning. It serves residents through a portfolio of specialized digital portals and operates within the Métropole de Lyon metropolitan framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Public Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB), Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services (BPAIACAI), County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Municipal public services
• Local government services
• Public education services
• Childcare services
• Waste management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeurbanne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue: The municipality generates revenue primarily through local taxes (communal taxes, property taxes) and receives state subsidies and grants for various municipal services and projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Villeurbanne is a French commune (municipal government) providing public services to over 150,000 residents in the Lyon metropolitan area. The city delivers administrative services (civil registry, elections, identity documents), education and childcare (school canteens, nurseries, extracurricular activities, holiday centers), waste management (recycling centers, bulky waste collection, composting), urban planning, social services (CCAS/OVPAR for seniors), cultural and sports programs, and civic participation platforms.

Product overview

Villeurbanne operates a multi-platform digital ecosystem centered on its official municipal website (villeurbanne.fr), complemented by specialized portals for news (Viva), education (A l'école), citizen participation (Participez.villeurbanne.fr), and administrative procedures (Démarches en ligne). The city provides integrated digital and in-person services including school enrollment and canteen management through KID Espace Familles, waste collection scheduling, youth services, and community facilities such as the Chamagnieu outdoor education center and the Centre culturel et de la vie associative (CCVA). The offering functions as a unified civic services platform with specialized modules addressing different resident needs from childcare to senior care, rather than a single monolithic product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Villeurbanne.fr The official municipal website serving as the primary digital portal for Villeurbanne, providing access to administrative procedures, city news, services for residents, civic participation tools, and municipal information.
• Viva News Portal Digital news portal and magazine platform delivering city news, local events, and community information via interactive digital magazines.
• Démarches en ligne Online administrative procedures platform enabling citizens to complete civil registration, birth declarations, marriage applications, identity card requests, electoral registration, school enrollment, waste collection scheduling, and other municipal services electronically.
• A l'école Portal Dedicated school services portal providing school enrollment, canteen registration, extracurricular activities, childcare schedules, and educational information for parents and families in Villeurbanne.
• Participez Platform Citizen participation platform enabling residents to engage in public consultations, neighborhood council meetings, youth council, senior council, and other democratic participation mechanisms.
• Jeunes à Villeurbanne Youth services portal targeting young residents with information on employment assistance, housing, health, student life, engagement opportunities, and vacation activities.
• KID Espace Familles Family services center providing in-person and digital access to childcare enrollment, school canteen registration, extracurricular activities, and other family administrative services.
• Chamagnieu Éco-centre Outdoor education center and holiday camp located in a medieval castle with 32 hectares of natural space in Isère, offering environmental education programs and nature-based activities for children aged 4-17.
• Centre culturel et de la vie associative (CCVA) Cultural center and community life hub providing facilities and programs for associations, cultural activities, and community engagement.
• Hôtel de Ville (Mairie) City hall providing in-person citizen services, administrative reception, and municipal operations at CS 65051, 69601 Villeurbanne cedex.
• Viva Newsletter (Viva hebdo) Weekly email newsletter delivering city news, events, and municipal information to subscribed residents.
• Waste Collection Services Municipal waste collection and recycling services including two fixed déchèteries (Villeurbanne Sud at 100 avenue Paul-Krüger and Villeurbanne Nord at Rue Alfred-Brinon), bulky waste collection, and recycling programs.
• School Canteen Service School canteen service providing approximately 7,000 meals daily, with 14 income-based pricing tiers ranging from €0.50 to €6.50 per meal based on family quotient.
• Chamagnieu Holiday Center Holiday center at Chamagnieu offering childcare and leisure programs with income-based pricing, 20% sibling discount from the 2nd child, and free access for families with quotient familial ≤ 200. Transport included in summer sessions.
• Vidéoprotection Service Video surveillance system deployed in designated city zones for public safety purposes, with images retained for 20 days, in compliance with GDPR (RGPD) regulations.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~7,500 meals prepared daily by the central kitchen, all made fresh with local/seasonal produce
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Emmaüs LyonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmmaüs Lyon is a partner for bulky item collection services. Residents can contact Emmaüs for home pickup of large objects in good condition, which are then redistributed to those in need. This partnership supports circular economy and social solidarity.
• Notre-Dame des Sans-Abris (FNADSA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFNADSA partner for bulky item collection. The association provides home pickup services for large objects in good condition for redistribution to homeless individuals and families.
• EcosystemcoreTechnology or IntegrationEcosystem operates the national platform for household appliance recycling (jedonnemonelectromenager.fr). Villeurbanne residents use this platform to schedule free home collection of large appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, etc.) for recycling or resale at solidarity prices.
• Métropole de Lyon (Grand Lyon)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Metropolis of Lyon provides inter-municipal services including waste collection infrastructure, déchèteries, composting programs, and water management. Villeurbanne is part of this metropolitan structure that coordinates major public services across the Lyon area.
• ActimagecoreTechnology or IntegrationActimage is the web development and maintenance partner for villeurbanne.fr. The company redesigned and updated the municipal website in August 2025, integrating accessibility and digital inclusion principles. Located in Colmar, France.
• La Fabrique (Orange Business Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationLa Fabrique (Orange Business Services) provides hosting services for the municipal website infrastructure. Located at 29 rue Servan, Grenoble.
• OSEP / USEP (sports education network)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Office Syndical d'Education Physique (USEP) provides sports activities and programs for school children on Wednesday afternoons as part of extracurricular offerings.
• Various associations and leisure organizationsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe city supports external leisure organizations including Ebulliscience, ASUL, Croc Vacances, various social centers (centres sociaux), MJC, sports clubs, and cultural associations that provide holiday childcare and extracurricular activities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Paris: Larger French commune operating the same categories of municipal services at vastly greater scale, often setting the benchmark that mid-size communes like Villeurbanne compare against for digital and social policy.
• Métropole de Lyon: The intercommunal authority that delivers many of Villeurbanne's waste, composting, water, and mobility services; structurally inseparable from the city's service stack and the relevant upper-tier benchmark.

Emerging players

• Decidim: Open-source civic participation platform used by many French and European municipalities for participatory budgeting and consultations; functionally comparable to Villeurbanne's participez.villeurbanne.fr platform and a potential technology alternative.

Direct peers

• Bordeaux: Comparable mid-size French commune (~250,000 residents) with parallel municipal digital services, urban planning, education, and waste-management portfolios; widely cited as a peer in French municipal digital transformation benchmarks.
• Nantes: Similar-sized French commune with extensive citizen-participation platforms and metropolitan coordination (Nantes Métropole), offering directly comparable e-governance, urban-planning, and social-service delivery patterns.
• Strasbourg: Mid-size French commune (Eurométropole de Strasbourg) operating participatory democracy, education, and waste-management services with comparable scale; relevant peer for benchmarking RGAA compliance and participatory platform design.
• Montpellier: Mediterranean commune of comparable size with parallel services in education, urban planning, and digital administration; serves as a peer in national municipal-service benchmarking studies.
• Grenoble: Mid-size Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes commune with comparable governance structure and digital-service ambitions; operates similar school-meal, childcare, and participatory-democracy programs and is housed within the same regional administrative environment as Villeurbanne.
• Lyon: The neighboring metropolis of Villeurbanne within the same Métropole de Lyon; operates an analogous suite of municipal digital services, urban planning, education, and waste management for a larger population (~520,000), making it the closest structural peer.
• Rennes: Brittany commune with similar municipal-service portfolio and well-developed participatory-democracy practice; used as a comparable in evaluating French digital municipal service delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/villeurbanne
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mairie-de-villeurbanne

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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