ARCHE Agglo

What ARCHE Agglo does

ARCHE Agglo (legal name: Communauté d'Agglomération d'Ardèche en Hermitage) is a French public territorial establishment (Établissement public de coopération intercommunale, EPCI) established in 2009, headquartered at 3 rue des Condamines, Mauves, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It groups 41 communes spanning the Ardèche and Drôme departments, serving a population of approximately 60,000 inhabitants, 5,884 local businesses, and 800 associations. The organization is governed by an elected President (Delphine Comte for the 2026-2032 mandate, succeeding Frédéric Sausset's preceding term) supported by a Bureau Exécutif of 13 vice-presidents, with Frédéric Sausset serving as Directeur général and an operational staff of 87.

ARCHE Agglo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of public services across its territory: waste management (household collection, déchèteries, bio-waste composting), drinking water and sanitation, public transport ('Le Bus' and school transport), early childhood services (13 collective crèches plus individual childcare and a parent-child space), youth services (leisure centers, BAFA training, Youth Information Point), senior services (intergenerational cohabitation, caregiver support, autonomy center), cultural services (music and dance school, public digital spaces), economic development (ARCHI'MADE business incubators at three locations, ARCADE business club, LEADER rural development programme, local economic support), tourism (Domaine du Lac de Champos, sports nature), and environmental protection. Communication occurs through the institutional website, the 'Quarante-et-une' magazine, Agenda'arche event platform, and press relations.

As a public administrative entity, ARCHE Agglo is funded through local taxation (including tourism tax), user fees for certain services, and transfers from the French state, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Départements de l'Ardèche (CD07) and de la Drôme (CD26), the European Union (LEADER), and specialized agencies (CAF, France Travail, CITEO). It has no commercial revenue, no equity structure, no subsidiaries, and is not investment-eligible in the traditional PE/VC sense.

Name

ARCHE Agglo

Legal name

COMMUNAUTÉ D'AGGLOMÉRATION D'ARDÈCHE EN HERMITAGE

Website

https://archeagglo.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ARCHE Agglo is a French public territorial authority (communauté d'agglomération) that delivers waste, water, transport, childcare, cultural, economic, and environmental public services across 41 communes serving approximately 60,000 inhabitants, 5,884 businesses, and 800 associations in the Ardèche and Hermitage region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mauves

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ARCHE Agglo is a French public intercommunity authority that delivers coordinated public services across 41 communes in the Ardèche and Drôme departments. Its core offering covers waste management, drinking water and sanitation, public transport (Le Bus), early childhood and youth services (13 crèches, leisure centers), senior autonomy programs, cultural and digital services (music/dance school, public digital spaces), economic development (ARCHI'MADE business incubators, ARCADE business club, LEADER rural programme), and tourism promotion (Domaine du Lac de Champos).

Product overview

ARCHE Agglo operates as a communauté d'agglomération (intercommunity structure) providing comprehensive public services across 41 communes in Ardèche and Drôme departments. The organization delivers integrated services including transport (Le Bus), water and sanitation management, waste collection, childcare (13 crèches plus individual childcare), youth and senior services, culture (music school, digital spaces), economic development (ARCHI'MADE business incubators, ARCADE business club, LEADER programme), tourism (Domaine du Lac de Champos), and environmental services. The territory also features an online local consumption platform (Je Consomme Local) and interactive digital services including maps. ARCHE Agglo publishes the official magazine 'Quarante-et-Une' and maintains institutional governance through its Bureau Exécutif with 13 vice-presidents overseeing various service domains.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Le Bus (Transport Network)
• Petite Enfance Services (Childcare)
• Enfance-Jeunesse (Youth Services)
• Seniors-Autonomie (Senior Services)
• Gestion des Déchets (Waste Management)
• Eau et Assainissement (Water and Sanitation)
• Culture et Numérique (Culture and Digital)
• ARCHI'MADE (Business Spaces)
• Club d'Entreprises ARCADE
• LEADER Programme
• Domaine du Lac de Champos
• France Services
• ITDT (Digital Transition)
• Je Consomme Local

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales)coreOthersPartnership with family allowance fund for childcare services and family support programs. Multiple decisions reference CAF co-financing for crèches and family services.
• Département de l'Ardèche (CD07)coreOthersDepartmental council partnership for various territorial projects including tourism, culture, and infrastructure. Multiple decisions reference departmental co-financing.
• Département de la Drôme (CD26)coreOthersPartnership with Drôme department for cross-territorial projects as the agglomeration spans both Ardèche and Drôme departments.
• Région Auvergne-Rhône-AlpescoreOthersRegional council partnership for economic development, youth programs, and culture. Multiple decisions reference regional subsidies and co-financing.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi)coreOthersEmployment service partnership for job placement, training, and employment initiatives across the territory.
• Chambre d'Agriculture de la DrômecoreOthersAgricultural chamber partnership for farming support, installation assistance, and agricultural innovation projects.
• CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône)minorOthersPartnership with Rhône river authority for water management, servitudes, and environmental projects along the river.
• CITEOcoreOthersEnvironmental organization partnership for waste management and recycling programs with multi-year contract (2025-2029).
• LEADER ProgrammecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean rural development funding programme for agricultural and rural projects. GAL (Groupement d'Action Locale) partnership for 2023-2027.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Saint-Étienne Métropole: Larger ARA metropolitan authority offering overlapping waste, water, transport, economic-development and tourism capabilities — but at much greater scale and across a wider functional portfolio.
• Grenoble Alpes Métropole: Major ARA metropolitan authority delivering the same broad public-services mandate as ARCHE Agglo, but with substantially greater population, budget and specialised capabilities.

Direct peers

• Loire Forez Agglomération: Comparable-scale communauté d'agglomération in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region delivering the same multi-service public-authority mandate across a comparable number of communes.
• Annonay Rhône Agglo: Neighbouring Ardèche communauté d'agglomération of comparable size and service scope; the most directly comparable French EPCI in the immediate region with similar multi-service public-authority mandate.
• Vienne Condrieu Agglomération: Communauté d'agglomération of comparable scale in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, providing multi-service public-authority functions across its member communes.
• Valence Romans Agglo: Nearby Drôme/Ardèche communauté d'agglomération providing integrated public services across multiple communes — directly comparable intercommunity structure with overlapping departmental footprint.
• Roannais Agglomération: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes communauté d'agglomération with similar population base and integrated waste/water/transport/economic-development service portfolio across member communes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arche-agglo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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