Ville de Baillargues

What Ville de Baillargues does

Ville de Baillargues is a French municipal government (collectivité territoriale) located in the commune of Baillargues in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region, approximately 8 minutes by TER (regional train) from Montpellier city center. The municipality is one of 31 communes that make up the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole intercommunality and provides a comprehensive suite of public services to local residents across the full lifecycle — from municipal nurseries (Crèche municipale André Valto, Crèche Le Petit Prince), to schools, youth services, the Médiathèque Jean Matte library, the Médianum digital-literacy space, sports infrastructure (Complexe sportif, Arènes municipales, Complexe de glisse urbaine Palm Park), an EHPAD elderly care home (Louis Laget), the Centre Communal d'Action Sociale (CCAS), municipal police, and the Yapadaj senior activity program (for residents aged 64+). Seniors represent approximately 25% of the population and are a primary beneficiary segment.

The municipality's technology footprint is built on a WordPress-based public website (baillargues.fr) supplemented by two digital service platforms: the Portail Citoyens for online administrative procedures and the Espace Familles for managing childcare, school meals, and family-related services. Distribution is hybrid — physical service offices distributed throughout the commune (town hall at Place du 14 Juillet, technical services, police, CCAS, médiathèque, schools, nurseries, EHPAD) plus self-serve digital portals. Communications run through the official website, the bi-monthly Baillargues Le Mag municipal magazine, and a listed DPO/webmaster structure indicating formal GDPR compliance posture.

The underlying business model is public-sector rather than commercial: the entity is tax-and-fee funded with no disclosed revenue figure, no shareholders or VC backing, and no commercial pricing beyond nominal fees such as the €10/year Yapadaj senior pass. Growth and reinvestment are signaled through infrastructure projects documented on the site — the Pôle d'Échange Multimodal (multimodal transit hub), the Eco-quartier "Le Petit Parc" (eco-district), requalification of the city center, the Parc multiglisse Gérard Bruyère, suppression of a level crossing, and deployment of vidéoprotection. Leadership rests with Mayor Jean-Luc Meissonnier, who also acts as the municipality's GDPR data-protection officer. Governance is exercised through the elected municipal council; day-to-day operations are overseen by named departmental contacts including HR, Communication, and individual service offices.

Name

Ville de Baillargues

Legal name

Ville de Baillargues

Website

https://baillargues.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ville de Baillargues is a French municipal government (collectivité territoriale) serving residents of the Baillargues commune in the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole with administrative, educational, cultural, sports, childcare, senior-care, and public-safety services delivered via physical offices and WordPress-based digital citizen portals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Administration

NAICS

Other General Government Support (92119), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Housing Programs (925110)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Public services
• Urban planning
• Social services
• Cultural programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Baillargues

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ville de Baillargues is the local municipal government of the French commune of Baillargues, delivering public administration services to residents and businesses. It operates administrative, cultural (Bibliothèque, Médianum, Arènes), social (CCAS, Crèches, EHPAD, Yapadaj seniors programme), sports (Complexe sportif, Palm Park), and security (Police Municipale) services, supported by a digital portal and a monthly municipal magazine.

Product overview

Ville de Baillargues is a municipal government offering a portfolio of public services and municipal infrastructure rather than a technology product. The city's offerings include digital citizen services (Portails Citoyens, Espace Familles), cultural facilities (Médiathèque, Médianum), sports infrastructure (Complexe sportif, Palm Park, Arènes), social services (CCAS, EHPAD, Crèches), senior programs (Yapadaj), public safety (Police Municipale), and administrative services. The municipality operates physical services and facilities alongside digital platforms for citizen engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Yapadaj
• Médiathèque Jean Matte (Bibliothèque) Municipal public library (Médiathèque Jean Matte) operated by Ville de Baillargues, providing cultural and reading services to residents.
• Police Municipale Local municipal police (Police Municipale) providing public safety, traffic, and by-law enforcement services within the commune of Baillargues.
• Complexe sportif Municipal sports complex (Complexe sportif) operated by Ville de Baillargues, offering sports facilities to local residents and associations.
• Arènes Municipal arena (Arènes) operated by Ville de Baillargues, used for cultural and community events.
• Portail Citoyens Portail Citoyens is the online citizen services portal accessible via the Ville de Baillargues website (ville-baillargues.fr), supporting residents with online administrative procedures.
• Baillargues Le Mag

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Montpellier Méditerranée MétropolecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBaillargues is one of the 31 communes that make up Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, the intercommunality providing metropolitan-level services including the tram network, waste management (Point Propreté/déchèterie), and unified services like the Guichet Unique.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ville de Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone: Adjacent commune in the same metropolitan area, providing similar cradle-to-elder-care municipal services. Useful comparable for benchmarking infrastructure and digital services investment.
• Ville de Pérols: Commune of the same metropolitan area with a comparable mix of childcare, schools, sport, and cultural municipal services. Often cited alongside Baillargues as a similarly-sized member of the 31-commune group.
• Ville de Jacou: Small Hérault commune within Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole offering similar municipal services. Comparable on population scale, service mix, and dependency on métropolitain funding.
• Ville de Mauguio: Comparable commune in the same metropolitan area with a similar population profile and a full-service municipal offering (CCAS, schools, sports, cultural programming). Competes for the same intergovernmental funding pool and resident base.
• Ville de Saint-Aunès: Neighboring commune in the Hérault metropolitan area with a similar small-city service profile and comparable dependence on Montpellier Métropole for transit and waste services.
• Ville de Castelnau-le-Lez: Adjacent commune in Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole with comparable population size and a similar portfolio of municipal services (schools, cultural facilities, senior programs, urban planning). It is the most direct geographic and demographic peer to Baillargues.
• Ville de Le Crès: Neighboring commune in the Montpellier metropolis with similar demographic mix and municipal service portfolio. Provides a near-perfect size and geography comparison for benchmarking service scope and digital engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole: The intercommunality of which Baillargues is a member. Operates the broader metropolitan services (tram, waste, Guichet Unique) that complement Baillargues' own municipal services. Useful as the broader policy and funding contextualized comparable.

Regional players

• Ville de Lunel: Nearby Hérault commune with similar demographic scale and a comparable small-city municipal service portfolio, including senior programming and CCAS. Useful as a regional peer for service benchmarking.
• Ville de La Grande-Motte: Coastal commune in the same Hérault/Occitanie region with a comparable service portfolio but a more tourism-oriented economic base. Useful comparison for cultural and event programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ville-de-baillargues

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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