COMMUNE DE CAPPELLE LA GRANDE

What COMMUNE DE CAPPELLE LA GRANDE does

COMMUNE DE CAPPELLE LA GRANDE is a French municipal government entity (collectivité territoriale) operating under French local government law, headquartered at 2 Rue de la Mairie, 59180 Cappelle-la-Grande in the Hauts-de-France region. The commune delivers a comprehensive portfolio of public services to approximately 8,000 residents, including municipal education across four school groups, school catering with social pricing, early childhood services, senior care, cultural programming, waste management, and transportation coordination. Administrative staff totals 20 employees under an elected mayor and municipal council structure.

The commune's core digital infrastructure consists of its official website (cappellelagrande.fr) and the Berger-Levrault-powered Portail Famille online platform, which enables families to register for school canteen reservations, périscolaire activities, and leisure center programs 24/7. The technology layer is conventional SaaS-based administrative software rather than proprietary systems. Partnerships with the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque (regional intercommunality), the Département du Nord, the French État, and Berger-Levrault form the operational backbone, with the commune functioning as the local service-delivery node within a layered governmental structure.

Revenue is generated through local taxes paid by residents and businesses, state subsidies and dotations, and modest service fees including €1–€1.70 school meals, €50/year bike storage subscriptions, €10/year Proxi-Mobile transport memberships, and €5 brocante stall fees. The commune holds a statutory monopoly on local administrative services within its geographic boundaries and is not a commercial enterprise — it has no shareholders, funding rounds, or ownership structure typical of private companies. Operational status is active, with recent strategic additions including the June 2025 opening of the Maison Nord Santé des Flandres healthcare center and ongoing digital service modernization.

Name

COMMUNE DE CAPPELLE LA GRANDE

Legal name

collectivité territoriale Mairie de Cappelle la grande

Website

https://cappellelagrande.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

French municipal government entity (collectivité territoriale) providing administrative, educational, childcare, senior, healthcare, cultural, and transportation services to approximately 8,000 residents of Cappelle-la-Grande in Hauts-de-France, funded through local taxes, state subsidies, and service fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Other General Government Support (921190), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems (485113), Special Needs Transportation (485991)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100), Services-Business Services, Nec (7389)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services (BPAIACAI), Local Education Authorities & Municipal Education Offices (EDADABAD), Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Local social services
• School catering services
• Community public services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cappelle-la-Grande

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Local Taxes and Fiscal Revenue: The municipality generates revenue through local taxes paid by residents and businesses within the commune.
2. School Meal Fees: Revenue from social pricing of school meals - 1€ for modest families up to 1.70€ for highest income families, with state contribution of 3€ per child through poverty prevention plan.
3. Bike Storage (Boxe à Velo): Annual subscription for bike storage boxes at 50€ per year, nominative subscription providing a specific place in a bike box.
4. Proxi-Mobile Transport Service: Transport service fees for seniors 65+ and disabled persons 66%+ - 10€ intra-muros, 14€ near vicinity, 18€ other destinations, plus 10€ annual membership.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Commune de Cappelle la Grande is a French municipal government that delivers public administrative, educational, social, cultural, and mobility services to its approximately 8,000 residents. Core services include municipal school meals with social pricing, online family administrative services via the Berger-Levrault Portail Famille, early childhood care (Petite Enfance), primary healthcare access (Maison Nord Santé des Flandres), public and on-demand transport (DK Bus, Proxi-Mobile, Noctibus, Handibus), senior services, and cultural programming (Bibliothèque, École de musique, École des Beaux-Arts).

Product overview

The Commune de Cappelle la Grande operates a digital municipal services platform serving approximately 8,000 residents. The core offering is the municipal website portal, which aggregates administrative services including school enrollment and canteen management via the Berger-Levrault-powered Portail Famille, early childhood services (petite enfance), healthcare access through the Maison Nord Santé des Flandres, public transportation coordination, and general municipal administration. The website functions as an information and service delivery hub rather than a standalone software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Scolaire (School Canteen Service)

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Maison Nord Santé des FlandrescoreOthers · 25 June 2025Opened June 25, 2025 - a departmental primary care center providing general practitioner consultations for those without a primary care physician. Staffed with general practitioners and advanced practice nurses.
• Communauté urbaine de DunkerquecoreOthersThe municipality operates within the Dunkerque urban community which manages regional services including public transportation (DK Bus - free transit since 2018), waste collection, déchèteries, bulky waste collection, green waste composting, and water management. The CUD provides shared services that the commune participates in.
• État (French State) - Plan de prévention de lutte contre la pauvretécoreOthersState contributes 3€ per child to the social school meal pricing program, enabling the municipality to offer meals at 1€ for modest families.
• Département du Nord - Protection Maternelle et Infantile (PMI)coreOthersPMI is a departmental service dedicated to expectant parents, parents, and young children. They provide prenatal support, postnatal visits, child health monitoring, and family planning services at the municipal level.
• SOS Médecins / Service d'Accès aux Soins (SAS)minorOthersEmergency medical service available by calling 15, providing medical consultations within 24-48 hours for those without a primary care physician.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque (CUD): The intercommunality governing regional public services (DK Bus, waste, déchetteries) referenced as a core strategic partner in the data. Not a competitor but the structural upper tier whose decisions determine the commune's service envelope.
• Berger-Levrault: Technology vendor providing the Portail Famille platform explicitly used by Cappelle la Grande. Indirect 'peer' in the sense that its product roadmap directly shapes the commune's digital service delivery and self-service capabilities.

Direct peers

• Mairie de Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village: CUD commune with comparable small-town service portfolio (écoles, restaurant scolaire, seniors, transport). Direct benchmark on social pricing programs and on Berger-Levrault Portail Famille adoption.
• Mairie de Grande-Synthe: Another CUD commune of comparable scale (~20,000-25,000 residents) delivering the same municipal service suite (écoles, restauration scolaire, culture, seniors services, transport links). Frequent subject of French intercommunality comparisons and a natural benchmark for service delivery efficiency.
• Mairie de Coudekerque-Branche: Direct neighboring commune within the CUD, similar residential population profile (~22,000), and listed in the data via shared service phone numbers (Maison Nord Santé des Flandres operations). Operates an analogous service mix (schools, petite enfance, social action, transport coordination) under the same intercommunality, making it the closest structural peer.
• Mairie de Bergues: Small walled commune in the Nord department, sharing departmental health services (Maison Nord Santé operations, PMI) with Cappelle la Grande. Similar size and rural-urban blend, making it comparable for cultural programming, brocantes, and small-scale municipal finance.
• Mairie de Saint-Pol-sur-Mer: Historic CUD coastal commune, similar demographic mix with significant family and senior populations, depending on the same CUD services (DK Bus, waste). Provides comparable insight into school-meal social pricing, Portail Famille adoption, and senior mobility pilots.
• Mairie de Fort-Mardyck: Smaller CUD commune (~3,500 residents) operating the same shared digital infrastructure (Portail Famille via Berger-Levrault) and the same service catalog. Closest population-scale peer to Cappelle la Grande, useful for benchmarking service breadth at a smaller headcount.

Regional players

• Mairie de Bray-Dunes: Coastal CUD commune on the Belgian border with seasonal population swings and active seniors services. Comparable for transport coordination (DK Bus, Proxi-Mobile-style on-demand), cultural/tourism programming (bricoantes, fêtes), and rural health access.

Broad incumbents

• Mairie de Dunkerque: The principal city of the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque (CUD) and seat of the intercommunality that delivers regional services (DK Bus, waste management) referenced in Cappelle la Grande's data. Operates the same scope of municipal services at much greater scale, making it the structural benchmark for service portfolio and digital maturity within the same agglomération.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cappellelagrande
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/commune-de-cappelle-la-grande

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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