Agence de Développement et d'Urbanisme du Pays de Montbéliard

What Agence de Développement et d'Urbanisme du Pays de Montbéliard does

The Agence de Développement et d'Urbanisme du Pays de Montbéliard (ADU) is a public non-profit territorial development and urban planning agency founded in 1990 and headquartered in Montbéliard, Doubs, France. It serves the 72 communes of the Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération, the agglomeration authority itself, adjacent intercommunalités, the Département du Doubs, the Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, and cross-border Swiss partners. Its deliverables include urban planning studies, PLU/CC procedural templates, statistical publications (Collection Chiffres), legal monitoring bulletins, and an annual conference series (Journées ADU'rables, 23 editions to date). The agency is a member of the Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (FNAU), the national network of more than 50 French urban planning agencies.

The agency's core technical infrastructure consists of a publicly accessible web cartographic portal built on Lizmap/QGIS open-source GIS technology (maps.adu-montbeliard.fr), a website hosted on a standard CMS, a members-only portal (Espace Membre) for restricted studies and templates, a video library hosted on Vimeo, and a newsletter distribution system running on Mailchimp. Web analytics are handled via Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. There are no proprietary software products, no APIs, and no third-party platform integrations beyond standard marketing and content delivery services.

The business model is membership- and subsidy-based: member communes, intercommunalités, the departmental council, and regional institutional partners pay annual contributions and provide subsidies that fund the agency's operations. Studies and project-based work for public clients (including the €6M Département du Doubs climate fund) are layered on top of the recurring membership base. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, services are gated through institutional membership rather than commercial transactions, and there is no enterprise sales motion, venture capital, or private equity involvement. Governance is led by a president (currently Philippe Gautier, Mayor of Valentigney) supported by a multi-disciplinary team of 27 covering urban planning, mobility, environment, and legal domains.

Name

Agence de Développement et d'Urbanisme du Pays de Montbéliard

Legal name

Agence de Développement et d'Urbanisme du Pays de Montbéliard

Website

https://adu-montbeliard.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Public non-profit urban planning agency founded in 1990 in Montbéliard, France. Serves 72 communes of the Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération with territorial studies, Lizmap cartographic tools, statistical data, and PLU/CC templates, funded by member contributions and public subsidies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montbéliard

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership contributions and institutional subsidies: As a public territorial development agency, the ADU is primarily funded through annual membership contributions paid by its member local authorities (communes, communautés de communes, communautés d'agglomération, departmental council) and institutional subsidies from public partners. Services are provided to members as part of the membership. The agency also produces paid or publicly funded studies on behalf of public clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The ADU is a public territorial development and urban planning agency that produces studies, cartographic tools, procedural templates, statistical publications, and conferences for its member local authorities in the Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. It operates a Lizmap/QGIS-based cartographic portal hosting interactive maps of urban planning documents and industrial heritage, publishes 820+ territorial studies, and delivers the Journées ADU'rables conference series alongside PLU/CC procedural templates.

Product overview

The Agence de Développement et d'Urbanisme du Pays de Montbéliard (ADU) is a public urban development agency that operates as a research, mapping, and knowledge-sharing organization rather than a commercial software product company. Its core offerings center on territorial intelligence services including: a web-based cartographic portal (Lizmap) providing interactive maps for urban planning documents and industrial heritage; research publications (Études) covering urban planning, environment, mobility, and housing; a video library; PLU/CC template models for urban planning procedures; statistical data collections (Collection Chiffres); and conference programs (Journées ADU'rables). The organization also produces newsletters, legal bulletins, and practical guides for integrating citizen needs into development projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cartographic Portal (Portail cartographique) Interactive web mapping platform providing public access to urban planning documents, industrial heritage maps, and industry-related geographic narratives for the Pays de Montbéliard territory. Built on open-source Lizmap/QGIS technology.
• Études / Studies Research publications covering urban planning, environmental studies, mobility, housing, demographic analysis, legal updates, and territorial planning topics, delivered to member local authorities and the public.
• Modèles PLU/CC (Urban Planning Document Templates) Template models and standardised procedures for PLU (Plan Local d'Urbanisme) and CC (Carte Communale) development, including procedures for elaboration, revision, modification, and simplified modification. Available exclusively to members through the members portal.
• Vidéothèque / Video Library Collection of videos hosted on Vimeo covering urban development topics, territorial planning, hydrogen as energy vector, energy transition, sociotope methodologies, and conference recordings.
• Conférences / Journées ADU'rables Annual conference series (Journées ADU'rables) covering topics such as hydrogen as energy vector, metropolitan development, rural mobility, and urban planning, held across the Pays de Montbéliard territory and partner cities.
• Collection Chiffres (Statistical Data Publications) Statistical data publications including population legal figures (INSEE census), real estate market data (DV3F), and territorial indicators for the Nord Franche-Comté region and its sub-territories.
• Guide des bonnes pratiques pour intégrer les besoins des habitants Practical guide developed in collaboration with Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and other regional urban agencies to help project leaders integrate user needs into development projects.
• Atlas des Quartiers Prioritaires de la Ville (QPV) Atlas providing mapping and analysis of priority urban neighborhoods (Quartiers Prioritaires de la Ville) for urban policy purposes in the Pays de Montbéliard territory.
• Newsletters Regular electronic newsletters (numbered from 120 down to 90 in the public archive) providing updates on urban planning, territorial development, new ADU publications, and conference announcements.

Quantifiable outcome

• SCoT 'Destination 2040' published as a 37-page synthesis document for 72 communes, operationalising the territorial project around 3 transition challenges and 12 thematic areas
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (Fnau)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ADU is a member of the Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (Fnau), a national network of over 50 French urban planning agencies. The Fnau organises annual national encounters (Rencontres), produces shared publications and methodological guides, and facilitates peer exchange among member agencies. The ADU participated in the 42nd Rencontres des agences d'urbanisme and co-produced regional guides with two other member agencies (AUDAB and AUTB).
• Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération (PMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPays de Montbéliard Agglomération is the ADU's primary institutional host and main member. The two entities co-produce the SCoT 'Destination 2040', mobility studies, and energy transition analyses. The ADU contributes to the Agglomération's Plan Climat Air Energie Territorial (PCAET) and the NPNRU urban renewal programme in Sochaux.
• RTE (Réseau de Transport d'Électricité)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn 31 August, in the context of the ADU-RTE partnership, Emmanuelle Geoffroy (Directrice des affairs publiques, RTE) presented the Schéma Régional de Raccordement au Réseau des Energies Renouvelables (S3REnR) for Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to ADU members. The S3REnR document influences local commune decisions on renewable energy acceleration zones.
• Région Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ADU co-produced a Guide des bonnes pratiques with the Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and two other regional urban planning agencies (AUDAB and AUTB) for integrating user needs into urban development projects. The ADU also contributes to SRADDET (Schéma Régional d'Aménagement, de Développement Durable et d'Égalité des Territoires) analytical work.
• Département du DoubsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ADU supports the Département du Doubs in territorial analysis for the AMI 'LE DOUBS ENGAGÉ POUR LE CLIMAT' — a €6M Climate and Energy Transition fund (FATCÉ) launched in November 2023 to support low-carbon and low-energy projects by local authorities, associations, and socio-economic actors.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Agence de Développement et d'Urbanisme de l'Agglomération Strasbourgeoise (ADEUS): Strasbourg-based FNAU member urban planning agency operating a directly analogous member-funded model for intercommunal members in Alsace. Similar service portfolio (SCoT support, studies, cartography, conferences) and cross-border positioning near Germany.
• Agence d'urbanisme de l'agglomération de Pau (AUDAP): AUDAP is the FNAU-member urban planning agency serving Pau and the Atlantic-Pyrénées region. Same member-funded public-agency model with studies, SCoT support, and intercommunal governance — comparable size and scope to ADU.
• Agence d'Urbanisme de l'Aire Urbaine Belfort-Montbéliard-Delle (AUTB): AUTB is the FNAU-member urban planning agency covering the Belfort-Montbéliard-Delle aire urbaine — overlapping directly with ADU's territory. The two agencies have co-produced regional guides with the Région, making AUTB both a geographic complement and a strategic partner/competitor.
• Institut Paris Région (formerly IAU îdF): The largest FNAU-member urban planning agency, serving the Île-de-France region. Operates the same member-funded model with studies, observatories, cartographic tools, and SCoT/PLU support — but at metropolitan scale many times larger than ADU.
• Agence d'Urbanisme de l'Agglomération de Besançon (AUDAB): Besançon-based urban planning agency, also a member of the FNAU network and operating in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. AUDAB co-produced the regional best-practice guide with ADU and AUDAB, making it the closest geographic and functional peer.
• Agence d'urbanisme de la région grenobloise (ADUGA): ADUGA is the FNAU-member urban planning agency for the Grenoble metropolitan region, sharing the same member-funded public-agency model, SCoT support role, and intercommunal governance structure as ADU.
• Agence d'urbanisme de l'aire métropolitaine lyonnaise (UrbaLyon): UrbaLyon is one of the larger FNAU-member urban planning agencies, operating a similar member-funded public-agency model serving intercommunal members around Lyon. Comparable in service mix (studies, cartography, conferences) and governance structure, but at significantly larger scale.
• Agence d'urbanisme de la région nantaise (AURAN): AURAN is a long-standing FNAU-member urban planning agency serving the Nantes metropolitan region. Same member-funded, intercommunal-governance model with comparable deliverables (studies, observatories, cartographic tools, SCoT support).
• Agence d'Urbanisme de l'Agglomération Marseillaise (AGAM): AGAM is the FNAU-member urban planning agency for the Marseille metropolitan area, offering the same member-funded agency model with studies, GIS tools, and planning advisory services to intercommunal members.

Others

• Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (Fnau): The national federation of 50+ French urban planning agencies of which ADU is a member. Acts as the coordinating network rather than a direct competitor, providing shared methodologies, national encounters (Rencontres), and peer-learning infrastructure that defines the entire category ADU operates in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/ADU.fr
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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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