Agence d'Urbanisme Rhône Avignon Vaucluse (AURAV)

What Agence d'Urbanisme Rhône Avignon Vaucluse (AURAV) does

AURAV is a French non-profit urban planning agency (association loi 1901), founded in 2004 and headquartered in Le Pontet, Vaucluse, with a staff of approximately 18. It provides territorial observation, data analysis, and planning support to local authorities across the Vaucluse department, the Grand Avignon living area, and the broader Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its service portfolio spans the ObserVaucluse observatory, a Superset-based statistical data visualization portal, the Housing and Land Observatory (OHF), the UrbaSanté PACA health-and-urbanism network, mobility surveys, territory portraits, and recurring publications on land consumption, energy, commercial urbanism, and environmental topics. Core technology is built on standard GIS and statistical visualization tooling, with analysis leveraging IGN's OCSGE (Occupation du Sol à Grande Échelle) land use data.

The agency's customer base is entirely public-sector: EPCIs (Grand Avignon, Pays Réuni d'Orange, Sorgues du Comtat), municipalities, the Syndicat Mixte du SCoT du bassin de vie d'Avignon, the Département de Vaucluse, the Région Sud, and state agencies (DREAL PACA, ARS PACA). AURAV is funded through institutional membership fees and multi-year partnership programs (Programme Partenarial d'Activités), and supplements direct engagement with content marketing, a quarterly newsletter, and a seminar/webinar series (Réveils). The agency is an active member of the national FNAU and regional Urbasud networks of French urban planning agencies.

Operationally, AURAV functions as a technical intermediary between French urban planning regulation (SCoT, PLU, SRADDET, PRSE) and local implementation. Recent activity shows expansion of digital product surface (data portal), vertical scope (health-urbanism, short-term rentals, OCSGE analysis), and regional coordination roles (UrbaSanté PACA, Région Sud webinaires), while remaining structurally a small, regionally-bounded expert services organization.

Name

Agence d'Urbanisme Rhône Avignon Vaucluse (AURAV)

Legal name

Agence d'Urbanisme Rhône Avignon Vaucluse

Website

https://aurav.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AURAV is a French non-profit urban planning agency (loi 1901, est. 2004, 18 staff) providing territorial observation, data analysis, and planning support to public-sector partners — primarily EPCIs, municipalities, the Département de Vaucluse, and Région Sud — across the Vaucluse and Greater Avignon territories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Pontet

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional partnerships and government contracts: AURAV operates as a non-profit association (loi 1901) funded through membership fees, institutional partnerships, and government contracts with local authorities, departments, and regions. Revenue comes from the various public entities they serve under multi-year partnership programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AURAV is a public urban planning agency that produces territorial observation, data analysis, and planning support for local authorities across Vaucluse, Avignon, and the Rhône territory. Its core work covers land-use analysis, housing market studies, mobility surveys, demographic analysis, environmental and health-in-urban-planning studies, delivered through publications, an online statistical data portal, seminars, and direct technical assistance to member communities under multi-year partnership programs.

Product overview

AURAV is a public urban planning agency (association loi 1901) providing territorial observation, analysis, and planning support services to local authorities in the Rhône, Avignon, and Vaucluse territories. Rather than a software product, AURAV offers a portfolio of consulting services including the ObserVaucluse observatory, statistical data visualization portals, territory portraits, the Housing and Land Observatory (OHF), UrbaSanté PACA health-focused planning network, mobility surveys, and various publications on urban planning topics. These services are delivered through publications, interactive web portals, seminars (Réveils/Webinaires), and direct technical assistance to member communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ObserVaucluse An observatory publication providing quarterly newsletters and analysis on Vaucluse territory indicators, including water resource adequacy and land use data, targeted at public-sector members and territorial planning stakeholders.
• Portails de visualisation de données statistiques An online data visualization portal providing interactive access to socio-demographic and housing indicators across communes, SCoTs, PNRs, EPCIs, and departments, with export capabilities, for use by local authorities and planning stakeholders.
• Réveils / Webinaires-Réveils Seminars and webinars covering urban planning topics including parking policies, air quality, and other territorial development themes, delivered to elected officials, technicians, and member communities.
• Portraits de territoire Territory portrait reports and analyses providing visual representations of territorial characteristics and trends, prepared for member communities and institutional partners.
• Observatoire Habitat et Foncier (OHF) Housing and land observatory providing analysis on housing conditions, private rental markets, and short-term rentals in Vaucluse and Gard Rhodanien territories, targeted at local housing policy stakeholders.
• UrbaSanté PACA A regional network dedicated to Urban Planning Favorable to Health, organized in partnership with ARS PACA and DREAL PACA as part of the Regional Health Environment Plan (PRSE 4), targeting planning and health professionals.
• Enquêtes Mobilité Mobility surveys conducted across the Avignon living area, interviewing representative samples of residents about transportation practices, used to inform PDU and mobility planning.
• Publications et Fiches Projets Published analyses on topics including land consumption, energy production, commercial urban planning, housing, mobility, and environmental issues for Vaucluse and regional territories, targeted at member authorities and the planning community.

Quantifiable outcome

• Territorial coverage of Vaucluse SCoTs with OCSGE land use analysis 2018-2021
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Communauté d'Agglomération du Grand AvignoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor EPCI member of AURAV. The Grand Avignon is the primary urban center in the territory and AURAV provides ongoing planning support including PDU monitoring, housing analysis, and urban renewal projects.
• Communauté de Communes du Pays Réuni d'OrangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPCI member using AURAV services for territorial planning and observation in the Orange area.
• Communauté de Communes des Sorgues du ComtatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPCI member partner in the Sorgues du Comtat territory.
• Syndicat Mixte du SCoT du bassin de vie d'AvignoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAURAV supports the mixed syndicate in SCoT development, monitoring, and commercial urbanism charter implementation.
• Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Alpes-Côte d'AzurcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor regional partner. AURAV participates in regional programs including SRADDET elaboration, agricultural and food systems studies, and the Connaissance du Territoire platform. Jointly organizing regional webcasts on demographics.
• DREAL PACAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional directorate for environment, housing, and planning. Partner in air quality seminars and urban health initiatives.
• ARS PACAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health agency. Jointly animates UrbaSanté PACA network for Urban Planning for Health under PRSE 4.
• AtmoSudmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAir quality monitoring organization. Co-organizer of the Air Quality Seminar for Grand Avignon.
• IGN (Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière)majorTechnology or IntegrationSource of OCSGE (Occupation du Sol à Grande Échelle) data used for land use and artificialization analysis.
• Réseau UrbasudcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional network of urban planning agencies in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur including AURAV, AGAM, AUDAT.VAR, and AUPA. Jointly organizes regional seminars and shares methodologies.
• Université d'AvignonmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner. Collaborated on short-term rental market analysis using city-acquired data.
• CAUE des Hautes-AlpesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConseil d'Architecture, d'Urbanisme et d'Environnement. Co-animates UrbaSanté PACA network.
• Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques)majorTechnology or IntegrationNational statistics institute. Direction Régionale de l'Insee participates in AURAV-organized demographic webcasts.
• Tribunal Administratif de NîmesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered on study of urban planning litigation and its impact on housing production.
• CCI (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized Assises du foncier in Vaucluse with AURAV and Vaucluse Provence Attractivité.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Agence d'urbanisme de la région grenobloise (AURG): AURG is a French regional urban planning agency operating under the same Association loi 1901 model as AURAV, providing territorial observation, planning support, and data analysis services to public partners in the Grenoble metropolitan region.
• Agence d'urbanisme et d'aménagement Toulouse aire métropolitaine (AUAT): AUAT is a major French urban planning agency serving the Toulouse metropolitan area under a comparable association framework, offering territorial observation, SCoT/PLU support, and planning studies similar to AURAV's service portfolio.
• Agence d'urbanisme du pays d'Aix (AUPA): AUPA is a Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur urban planning agency and Urbasud network member that performs the same territorial observation, SCoT elaboration support, and territorial intelligence services as AURAV, serving public actors in the Aix-en-Provence area.
• Agence de développement et d'urbanisme de l'agglomération strasbourgeoise (ADEUS): ADEUS is a French urban planning and development agency operating the same association-based model as AURAV, delivering territorial observation, planning studies, and data analysis to public partners in the Strasbourg metropolitan area.
• Agence d'urbanisme de l'aire toulonnaise (AUDAT.VAR): AUDAT.VAR is a PACA-region urban planning agency and Urbasud network co-member alongside AURAV and AGAM, delivering equivalent territorial observation, urban planning support, and data publication services to EPCIs and municipalities in the Toulon-Var area.
• Agence d'urbanisme de l'agglomération lyonnaise (UrbaLyon): UrbaLyon is a French urban planning agency serving Greater Lyon under an association framework comparable to AURAV's, providing territorial observation, urban planning studies, and data publications to public partners in the Lyon metropolitan area.
• Agence d'urbanisme de l'agglomération marseillaise (AGAM): AGAM is a fellow urban planning agency operating in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region under the same Association loi 1901 framework, co-member of the Urbasud network with AURAV, and providing identical territorial observation, SCoT/PLU support, and data analysis services to public actors in the Marseille metropolitan area.
• Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme (APUR): APUR is the major urban planning agency serving Paris and the Île-de-France metropolis, operating under the same association framework as AURAV and providing equivalent territorial observation, urban planning studies, and data analysis services to public decision-makers at scale.

Broad incumbents

• Citadia: Citadia is a private urban planning and sustainable development consultancy competing with French urban planning agencies like AURAV for public sector planning contracts, offering strategy consulting, urban planning studies, and territorial analysis across France.
• Even Conseil: Even Conseil is a private urban planning and territorial strategy consulting firm that competes with public agencies like AURAV, providing planning studies, territorial diagnostics, and strategic advisory services to French local authorities and developers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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