Mairie de Bidart

What Mairie de Bidart does

Mairie de Bidart is the municipal government (commune) of Bidart, a coastal town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of the French Basque Country, established in 1789 following the French Revolution. The Mairie serves local residents, businesses, associations, and visitors through administrative services including civil status documents, identity documents (CNI/passeport), voter registration, urban planning permits, and civil procedures. It operates wholly-owned subsidiaries including the Centre Communal d'Action Sociale (CCAS) for social action and EHPAD Ramuntcho for elderly care, alongside cultural facilities such as Bibliothèque Toki-Toki, Galerie Pili Tafernaberry, and Théâtre Beheria.

The core digital platform is the official bidart.fr website, built on Typo3 CMS with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, hosted on Kenua's cloud infrastructure. The site achieved 77.94% RGAA accessibility compliance after a Ciméos audit. Supporting digital modules include an interactive map, Espace Famille portal, online reservation system (reserver.bidart.fr), and Kiosque digital publications portal. The Mairie is RGPD-compliant with a designated Data Protection Officer. Multi-channel communication includes quarterly print magazine Bidart Infos (6,000 copies), email newsletters, and active presence on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

As a public sector entity, Mairie de Bidart does not operate a commercial revenue model. Funding comes from local taxes (including TLPE), state allocations, and nominal administrative fees. The 11-50 employee organization partners with the Communauté d'Agglomération Pays Basque for inter-municipal services including waste management and economic development, with Predict Services for flood monitoring, and with ADELI for environmental beach operations. The mayor, Benoît Carrère, serves as data controller. Major projects include the Uhabia 360° urban development initiative for the Uhabia river estuary.

Name

Mairie de Bidart

Legal name

Mairie de Bidart

Website

https://bidart.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1789

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mairie de Bidart is the municipal government of Bidart, a coastal French Basque commune, delivering administrative services, cultural facilities, social care, and environmental management to residents, businesses, and visitors through physical counters and the bidart.fr digital platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Municipal administration services
• Local government services
• Public administration
• Civic engagement
• Community services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bidart

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mairie de Bidart is the municipal government of the commune of Bidart, delivering local public administration services including civil status records, identity documents and passports, electoral registration, urban planning permits, social services via the CCAS, elderly care through EHPAD Ramuntcho, and family/childcare support. It also operates cultural facilities (Bibliothèque Toki-Toki library, Galerie Pili Tafernaberry art gallery, Théâtre Beheria theater), environmental management for seven beaches, local economic development programs, and a digital portal (bidart.fr) for online procedures, reservations, and publications.

Product overview

Mairie de Bidart operates a comprehensive municipal services platform centered on its official website (bidart.fr), which serves as the primary digital interface for citizen services. The offering consists of a unified web portal with integrated modules including the Bibliothèque Toki-Toki (municipal library), Galerie Pili Tafernaberry (art gallery), and Théâtre Beheria (municipal theater) under its cultural services umbrella. Additional modules include an interactive mapping system for exploring municipal facilities, projects, and associations; an Espace Famille portal for family and childcare services; an online reservation system for facilities; and a Kiosque digital publications portal. Major urban development projects like Uhabia 360° are also featured. The platform enables administrative procedures, public consultations, environmental services, economic development resources, and community engagement through newsletters and surveys.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• bidart.fr Municipal Website and Online Services Portal

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Point CommminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPoint Comm provides assistance with project management and consulting services for the municipality.
• Predict ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPredict Services is a specialized service provider for flood risk monitoring and emergency response support. The municipality relies on Predict Services to anticipate flooding events and receive alerts during adverse weather conditions, enabling real-time surveillance and coordinated emergency response.
• Communauté d'Agglomération Pays BasquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe municipality collaborates with the Pays Basque intermunicipal authority on shared services including waste management (déchetterie de Bassilour), economic development, and broader territorial initiatives.
• ADELIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerADELI (atelier chantier d'insertion) empties the tide bins (bacs à marée) installed on beaches during off-season, supporting the municipality's environmental initiatives.
• Bid'art & CominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBid'art & Co is the local merchants and artisans association for Bidart. The municipality collaborates with this association to support local commerce and coordinate economic development initiatives.
• SDIS (Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe municipality conducts regular emergency exercises with SDIS, the fire and rescue service, to test and improve the Plan Communal de Sauvegarde (municipal emergency plan).
• Euskal MonetaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuskal Moneta operates the Eusko local currency initiative. They hold monthly information tables at Bidart's four-season market to promote the local currency of the Basque Country.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mairie de La Baule-Escoublac: Larger coastal commune with a comparable beach-led tourism economy and municipal cultural/recreational infrastructure—useful as an upper-bound reference for what a scaled-up coastal commune services portfolio can look like.
• Mairie de Bayonne: Larger historic Basque city and anchor of the Pays Basque Agglomeration, offering a broader-scale reference for municipal services that Bidart partially accesses through agglomeration cooperation.

Direct peers

• Mairie de Guéthary: Very small neighboring Basque coastal commune, providing a close comparator for municipal service delivery at minimal headcount scale and shared coastal-environmental challenges.
• Mairie de Saint-Jean-de-Luz: Adjacent coastal Basque commune of similar population scale, sharing coastal environmental profile, tourism economy, and Pays Basque Agglomeration inter-municipal services—directly comparable in scope and challenges.
• Mairie d'Anglet: Neighboring commune in the same agglomeration with a comparable coastal Basque profile, similar service mix (administrative, social, cultural, environmental), and shared Pays Basque institutional context.
• Mairie de Hendaye: Coastal Basque commune at similar scale, sharing tourism economy, beach management, and Pays Basque institutional framework—directly comparable in service delivery model.
• Mairie de Biarritz: Neighboring coastal commune in Pays Basque with a similar tourism-driven economy, comparable municipal service portfolio (cultural, social, elderly care), and shared agglomeration context—Bidart's most direct comparator.
• Mairie de Ciboure: Small coastal Basque commune neighboring Saint-Jean-de-Luz, with similar population scale, coastal environmental profile, and reliance on agglomeration-level cooperation.

Regional players

• Mairie de Capbreton: Coastal commune in nearby Landes department with a closely analogous beach tourism economy and municipal service profile, serving as a regional comparator outside the Basque institutional context.
• Mairie de Soorts-Hossegor: Coastal Landes commune with strong beach tourism identity, providing a comparator for a small commune leveraging environmental and surf-tourism positioning for economic development.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCwCXuX0a98jCVqmUHiTL01g
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61560959077285
• Instagraminstagram.com/bidartculture
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mairie-de-bidart

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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