Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières (74)

What Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières (74) does

Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières (CC4R) is a French public intercommunal structure (Établissement public de coopération intercommunale, EPCI) established in 1993 and headquartered in Fillinges, Haute-Savoie. It coordinates public services across 11 member communes serving approximately 20,879 inhabitants, with a small core administrative staff of about 10 employees. Its competency scope spans waste management, urban planning, early childhood care, social action (CIAS), mobility, water and sanitation, economic development, and cultural affairs.

CC4R operates a portfolio of public-facing digital and physical service platforms. The Idélire library network, launched in 2016, connects 10 municipal and associative libraries through a shared catalog, common library cards, an online reservation system, and a document shuttle service enabling inter-library circulation. The EPIC Musique en 4 Rivières, established in 2018, is a public music school offering validated French curriculum instruction. The Portails Familles platform handles early childhood enrollment. Cultural partners include the Ecomusée Paysalp (8 heritage sites, ~40,000 annual visitors), MJCi Les Clarines (intercommunal youth center), and participation in literary and comics festivals. Distribution is hybrid: physical offices across all 11 communes plus websites, social media, and self-serve portals.

CC4R is financed through local taxes (property, business, stay tax), state, regional, and European subsidies, and modest service fees. As a public-law entity, it does not operate as a commercial enterprise: most services are free for residents, library membership is free for under-18s, and the organization is governed by elected officials from member communes under the authority of the Prefect. The current President is Bruno Forel. No funding rounds, M&A, or equity ownership applies.

Name

Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières (74)

Legal name

Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières

Website

https://cc4r.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières (CC4R) is a French public intercommunal authority coordinating waste management, cultural services, early childhood care, social action, and mobility across 11 communes in Haute-Savoie, serving approximately 20,879 residents through a network of 10 libraries, a music school, and digital citizen portals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fillinges

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Local Taxes and Fiscal Revenue: Public intercommunal body financed primarily through local taxation including property taxes, business taxes, and other local levies collected from residents and businesses within the 11 communes
2. Government Subsidies and Grants: State and regional government subsidies, European funding, and project-specific grants for cultural, environmental, and infrastructure initiatives
3. Service Fees: Modest fees for certain services such as stay tax (taxe de séjour), waste management fees, and administrative services

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CC4R is a French Établissement public de coopération intercommunale (EPCI) that delivers public administrative and territorial services across 11 communes in Haute-Savoie. Its core offering is the coordinated provision of mandatory and optional competences including waste management, urban planning (PLU/SCOT), water and sanitation, economic development zones (ZAE), mobility and school transport, social action via CIAS, and France Services administrative one-stop support. Alongside regulatory competences, CC4R runs a 10-library Idélire network with shared catalog and inter-library circulation and operates the EPIC Musique en 4 Rivières intercommunal music school.

Product overview

Communauté de communes des Quatre Rivières (CC4R) is an intercommunal local government authority serving 11 communes in Haute-Savoie, France, with approximately 20,000+ inhabitants. Rather than a technology product company, CC4R provides public administrative services across waste management, urban planning, early childhood care, solidarity/social action, mobility, water/sanitation, economic development, and cultural domains. Its primary digital products include the Idélire library network platform (a shared OPAC and reader portal), the Musique en 4 Rivières music school (established 2018 as an EPIC), and the Petite Enfance family portal. Cultural services include the Ecomusée Paysalp heritage network, MJCI Les Clarines cultural center, and support for the Festival Plein jour, Pleine Lune. The CC4R does not appear to operate as a technology company offering APIs, integrations, or AI-powered products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Réseau des bibliothèques Idélire Networked public library service operated by CC4R that connects 10 municipal or associative libraries across the 11 communes of the Quatre Rivières territory. Provides a shared online catalog (OPAC), common library cards, an online reservation system, harmonized lending conditions, access to digital resources (online press, video, self-training modules) via the Bibliothèque du Département de la Haute-Savoie, and a physical document circulation shuttle so reserved items can be picked up at any network library. The Médiathèque Ourse Bleue in Fillinges offers over 14,000 documents and Saint-Jeoire-en-Faucigny's Monts et Merveilles offers over 10,000; membership is free for under-18 residents.
• EPIC Musique en 4 Rivières (Intercommunal Music School) Public intercommunal music school established by CC4R in 2018 as an EPIC, offering recognized music education following the French national curriculum. Provides instrumental instruction and musical formation to children and adults across the Quatre Rivières territory, consolidated into a public industrial/commercial establishment succeeding the former EMI associative school and housed under CC4R's administrative headquarters in Fillinges.
• Service de gestion des déchets (Waste Management Service) Public household waste and recycling service operated by CC4R across its 11 communes, including door-to-door household waste collection (ordures ménagères), déchetteries (recycling drop-off centres), sorted-waste collection, green-waste composting, and professional waste management support for local businesses. Funded via local taxes and household fees, with annual reports on price and quality (RPQS) published.
• CIAS Centre Intercommunal d'Action Sociale (Intercommunal Social Action Center) CC4R's intercommunal social action center coordinating solidarity services for vulnerable populations across the 11 communes, including the social grocery (épicerie sociale des Quatre Rivières), the conciliateur de justice, ADMR support, and direct access to France Services. Targets elderly residents, low-income households, and individuals needing administrative or justice mediation assistance.
• France Services (single-window administrative access) Single-window administrative service hosted by CC4R that provides residents of the 11 communes with a single point of access to a range of French government administrative procedures, eliminating the need to travel to urban sub-prefecture offices for routine paperwork.
• Petite Enfance — Portails Familles (Early Childhood & Family Portal) CC4R early-childhood service combining in-person reception modes (modes d'accueil), the Relais Petite Enfance (RPE), the projet éducatif de territoire, and the Petite Enfance web portal (Portail Familles) that gives families access to childcare information, enrollment procedures, and related administrative services across the territory.
• Proxim iTi Solidaire (on-demand mobility for elderly and disabled residents) On-demand solidarity transport service provided by CC4R from 16 June 2026 for residents of the 11 communes. Specifically designed for holders of the Carte Mobilité Inclusion (CMI) and people aged 75 and over, addressing limited public transport in rural areas and reducing social isolation among elderly and mobility-impaired populations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000 annual visitors to ecomuseum heritage sites managed by supported cultural associations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Savoie-bibliocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2015Departmental library network providing support for public library development, shared resources, and literary prize coordination. The CC4R library network participates in Savoie-biblio initiatives including literary prizes (Prix Rosine Perrier, Prix Lettres frontières) and benefits from access to departmental digital resources including online press, video, and self-training platforms.
• Festival Au Bonheur des Mômes (Grand-Bornand)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Annual children's literature festival partnering with CC4R libraries for the 'La vache qui lit' youth literature prize. Children aged 8-12 read selected novels and vote for their favorite, with winners announced at the festival.
• Ecomusée PaysalpcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal heritage association receiving CC4R financial support. Manages 8 heritage sites including the Musée Paysan in Viuz-en-Sallaz, Maison de la Mémoire, Meulières de Vouan, Prieuré de Peillonnex, Fruitière des Hauts-Fleury in Mieussy, Château de Faucigny, Chalet d'alpage de Chaîne d'Or, and vergers de collection de Sevraz. Attracts approximately 40,000 visitors annually.
• MJCI Les ClarinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntercommunal socio-cultural youth center receiving CC4R support. Provides extensive leisure activities, childcare solutions for all ages, and original cultural programming for the territory.
• Bibliothèque du Département (Haute-Savoie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental library providing CC4R network access to digital resources including online press, video-on-demand, and self-training modules through the library portal.
• Grand-Bornand, Dingy-St-Clair, and Thônes LibrariesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner libraries in neighboring communes collaborating on literary prize initiatives including the Prix Rosine Perrier coordinated with Savoie-biblio.
• Festival Sevrier BDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual comics festival that has been honoring comics in all forms for over 10 years. The CC4R library network participates by hosting and promoting the Splash and Splash Junior BD prizes.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Thonon Agglomération: Larger agglomeration community in Haute-Savoie (Chablais region) sharing the same EPCI institutional form and competency set; useful peer for what a more developed library network, waste service, and cultural ecosystem could look like at scale.
• Communauté de communes Cluses-Arves et Montagnes: Neighboring Haute-Savoie EPCI delivering the same EPCI competencies (waste, libraries, mobility, economic development) to multiple member communes, with comparable fiscal structure and rural/industrial mix.
• Communauté de communes Arve et Salève: Directly neighboring EPCI with similar population and rural-urban fringe profile in Haute-Savoie. Comparable competencies in waste management, cultural programming, and early childhood services.
• Communauté de communes des Vallées de Thônes: Adjacent Haute-Savoie EPCI of comparable population size (~20K residents) operating a similar portfolio of cultural, environmental, and social services across small mountain communes, with shared tourism and ski-economy exposure.
• Communauté de communes Faucigny-Glières: Neighboring EPCI in Haute-Savoie serving a similar rural/semi-rural population with overlapping competencies (waste, cultural, social, mobility). Same institutional framework, funding model, and rural demographic profile as CC4R.
• Communauté de communes du Pays de Cruseilles: Nearby Haute-Savoie EPCI operating the same intercommunal framework for ~15K residents across small communes, with similar rural services and exposure to Genevois cross-border dynamics.
• Annemasse Agglo: Adjacent agglomeration community in Haute-Savoie, more urbanized than CC4R but sharing EPCI competencies and serving the same transboundary Genevois basin. Useful peer for benchmarking what cultural and mobility services look like at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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