Ville de Beaune

What Ville de Beaune does

Ville de Beaune is the municipal government (commune) of Beaune, located in the Côte-d'Or department of the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region of France, serving residents, visitors, and local businesses of this historic Burgundy wine city. The municipality delivers a broad portfolio of public services through its Hôtel de Ville headquarters and a network of specialized departments including Direction des Sports, Direction des Parcs et Jardins (36 agents plus 3 apprentices), municipal police, and cultural affairs. Customer-facing infrastructure spans administrative services, cultural venues (La Lanterne Magique with 400-person capacity, Théâtre de Beaune, Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse, municipal libraries), sports facilities, an extensive parks network totaling 151 hectares, and municipal parking operations.

Underlying technology is modest but functional and centered on operational efficiency rather than digital differentiation. Core systems include a 124-camera videoprotection network with EUR 50,000+ modernization planned for 2025, an LED-based 'Plan Lumière' public lighting system deployed through a PPP with INEO achieving 41% energy reduction, an automated irrigation system using 8 concrete rainwater tanks of 20 cubic meters each (one of the first in France), and digital administrative platforms via the open-source Adullact portal and Geosphere's guichet unique for online urban planning permits. The official website beaune.fr operates in four languages (French, English, German, Dutch) and is hosted by illicoweb with analytics via Matomo and servers hosted in France by OVH, supporting GDPR compliance.

The business model is that of a French commune: revenues are derived from local taxes, parking fees structured across three paid zones (Red capped at EUR 35 for 2h30, Orange EUR 35 for 4h30, Green EUR 35 for 10h30), subscription parking products (Riverain at EUR 259/year, Entreprise at EUR 365/year, Professionnel de Santé at EUR 250/year), administrative service fees, and significant intergovernmental funding including European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) subsidies, French State grants, and Conseil régional Bourgogne-Franche-Comté support. The municipal customer segments are residents requiring administrative and quality-of-life services, visitors and tourists driving cultural and parking consumption, and local SMBs requiring business licensing and terrace permits. The entity holds no publicly traded shares and is registered as a French government entity with SIRET number 212 100 549 00014, governed by Mayor Pierre Bolze.

Name

Ville de Beaune

Legal name

Ville de Beaune

Website

https://beaune.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Ville de Beaune is the municipal government of Beaune, France, providing administrative, cultural, recreational, and urban management services to residents, tourists, and local businesses in the Burgundy wine region through parks, sports facilities, parking, and cultural venues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Beaune

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Local Taxes and Fees: Municipal revenue from local taxation, parking fees, and administrative service fees
2. State and European Funding: Government subsidies and European regional development funds for infrastructure projects

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ville de Beaune is the municipal government (commune) of Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France, providing statutory and discretionary local public services to residents, visitors, and businesses. Its offering is administrative and place-based rather than commercial: civil registry, urban planning, management of public spaces (parks, streets, sports facilities), cultural venues and museums, the municipal tourism office, public parking, and organization of local events. It does not sell products or develop technology as a business; it operates a public service delivery function funded through local taxation and fees.

Product overview

Ville de Beaune operates as a municipal government offering a broad portfolio of public services through its official website and affiliated platforms. The city's digital presence encompasses cultural venues including the Lanterne Magique (a 400-seat performance space) and Théâtre de Beaune; an extensive parks and gardens network covering approximately 151 hectares including Parc de la Chartreuse, Parc de la Bouzaize, and other green spaces; online administrative services via the Adullact platform for civil status, identity documents, and urbanism procedures; municipal parking services with covered parking structures and street parking paid via EasyPark; sports facilities including the aquatic center and athletics stadium under the Direction des Sports; cultural education through the Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse; and public safety services including a 124-camera videoprotection network. The services are delivered through the beaune.fr website and specialized platforms for specific functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lanterne Magique: Cultural venue housed in historic wine cellars, hosting concerts and events including Beaune Vibrations festival, Mômes et Merveilles festival, and Jazz et Grands Vins de Bourgogne festival. Capacity of approximately 400 people.
• Théâtre de Beaune
• Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse
• Bibliothèques Municipales
• Ecole des Beaux-Arts
• CCAS de Beaune
• Espaces Beaunois

Products and services

• Civil registry and administrative services Statutory civil registry services (births, marriages, deaths), identity documents, and general administrative support delivered by the Hôtel de Ville to residents and citizens.
• Urban planning and building permits Processing of building permits, planning applications, and urban development authorizations within the commune for property owners, developers, and businesses.
• Municipal museums and cultural venues
• Tourism office services
• Public parks and green spaces
• Municipal sports facilities
• Municipal parking management
• Public events and cultural programming

Quantifiable outcome

• 41% energy consumption reduction achieved vs 47% target for 2024 in public lighting
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• INEOcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2009Partnership Public Privé for public lighting modernization. INEO developed the 'Plan Lumière' lighting system with LED technology and dynamic dimming, achieving 41% energy reduction. Collaboration finds balance between city ambiance and energy savings.
• ORVITISminorOthersSocial housing organization at 1A rue Marie Noël BP 35, 21201 BEAUNE Cedex. Contact: 08 10 02 10 00. One of three HLM bailleurs serving Beaune.
• CDC HABITATminorOthersSocial housing provider at 38 rue des Blanches Fleurs, 21200 BEAUNE. Contact: 09 73 32 14 21.
• HABELLISminorOthersSocial housing provider (formerly foyer Dijonnais and Néolia) at 28 Bd Georges Clémenceau, BP 30312, 21003 DIJON CEDEX. Contact: 03 80 68 06 16.
• Natura 2000 NetworkminorOthersEuropean ecological network for preserving natural habitats while considering human activities. Eco-grazing areas eligible under Natura 2000.
• ONF (Office National des Forêts)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Forest Office managing 34 hectares under forest regime out of 144 hectares communal forest. Forest management plan 2015-2029.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ville de Colmar: Alsace wine-region commune of similar tourism-heritage profile, with comparable old-town conservation, cultural programming, and visitor-services infrastructure. Operates at slightly larger scale but with the same municipal-service mix.
• Ville de Dijon: Burgundy regional capital with the same departmental heritage and tourism ecosystem. Shares cultural-venue, parks, urban-planning, and tourist-services delivery model; Beaune operates at substantially smaller scale within the same region.
• Ville de Bordeaux: Major French wine-tourism city with analogous municipal positioning around vineyards, heritage, and visitor services. Larger scale but structurally similar in monetizing cultural tourism and managing a historic urban core.
• Commune d'Eguisheim: Small Alsatian wine village that co-received the Entente Florale Europe Gold Medal with Beaune in 2006. Directly comparable as a small French heritage/tourism commune focused on floral displays, sustainability, and visitor experience.
• Ville de Reims: Champagne-region heritage city with parallel municipal tourism-services, cultural-venue portfolio, and UNESCO heritage stewardship model. Comparable service-delivery mix (cultural venues, parking, urban planning, parks).

Broad incumbents

• Ville de Nantes: Major French commune with recognized cultural-event programming and urban-quality-of-life positioning. Comparable in terms of municipal-service breadth and event-driven tourism strategy, though at much larger scale.
• Ville de Strasbourg: Large Alsatian commune operating the full municipal portfolio (parks, cultural venues, parking, urban planning, sports) at metropolitan scale. Serves as an "upper-bound" reference for how Beaune's service portfolio could evolve as it grows.
• Ville de Lyon: Major French heritage city with extensive municipal service delivery (parks, cultural venues, urban planning, transportation). Useful benchmark for scale and digitization of citizen services, though operating in a substantially larger metropolitan context.

Regional players

• Ville de Chalon-sur-Saône: Neighboring Saône-et-Loire commune within Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Operates similar municipal services (cultural venues, sports facilities, urban planning) in the same regional administrative context but does not directly compete for Beaune's wine-tourism visitors.
• Ville de Mâcon: Southern Burgundy commune of comparable size, also positioned in the wine-tourism corridor. Shares departmental and regional funding pools but serves a distinct visitor catchment from Beaune.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/villedebeauneofficiel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ville-de-beaune
• Instagraminstagram.com/villedebeaune/?hl=fr

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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