CC DRAGA

What CC DRAGA does

CC DRAGA (Communauté de Communes DRAGA) is a French intercommunal public administration headquartered in Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Ardèche. It is a territorial collectivity (collectivité territoriale) rather than a private enterprise, established in 2003 under French local government law and governed by elected officials from its 9 member communes: Bidon, Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Gras, Larnas, Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche, Saint-Just-d'Ardèche, Saint-Remèze, and Viviers. The entity pools resources across these small rural communes to coordinate and deliver shared public services that no individual municipality could efficiently sustain alone, spanning the territory from the Rhône to the Gorges de l'Ardèche.

The service portfolio comprises 10 core public service lines: waste management (collection, sorting, déchetteries, composting, ressourcerie), water and sanitation, intercommunal urban planning (PLUi-H), early childhood/youth services, cultural services (intercommunal music schools, BIBLIOs library network), mobility services (intercommunal mobility card, KAROS carpooling, beach transport), housing services (renovation, social housing, permis de louer), and France Services administrative assistance. Two major infrastructure projects are in active delivery: territorial fiber optic deployment and the Banc Rouge flood protection levee. Service delivery is hybrid: a digital portal (ccdraga.fr) handles online procedures, supported by physical access points (déchetteries, intercommunal post offices, libraries, France Services fixed site plus itinerant outreach). Most operational service execution is delegated to specialist operators, notably Veolia and SAUR for water/sanitation, with annual RAD (Rapport Annuel du Délégataire) performance reporting.

The revenue model is non-commercial: CC DRAGA is funded through local taxation pooled across the 9 communes (taxe foncière, business taxes) and government subsidies. There is no disclosed pricing to residents; services are public goods. The administrative headcount is approximately 9 employees, with a wider ecosystem of delegated providers, partners (KAROS, Mission Locale Centre Ardèche, Maison de l'Emploi et de la Formation, France Services), and elected officials handling execution. Communications with residents occur via the official website, Facebook page, a bi-monthly newsletter, and the DRAGA Mag publication on the Calaméo platform.

Name

CC DRAGA

Legal name

Communauté de Communes DRAGA

Website

https://ccdraga.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CC DRAGA is a French intercommunal public administration serving 9 communes in Ardèche, pooling tax resources to deliver shared public services including waste management, water/sanitation, childcare, culture, mobility, and fiber optic infrastructure to local residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bourg-Saint-Andéol

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

Revenue model

1. Local taxation: As a French communauté de communes, CC DRAGA is funded primarily through local taxation including property taxes (taxe foncière), business taxes, and government subsidies. The intercommunal structure pools resources from its 9 member communes to provide shared public services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CC DRAGA is a French intercommunal public administration (communauté de communes) that delivers shared public services across 9 communes in Ardèche, France. It provides waste management, drinking water and sanitation, urban planning, early childhood/childhood/youth programs, cultural services (music schools, libraries), mobility services, housing support, and France Services administrative assistance, while also managing infrastructure projects such as fiber optic deployment and the Banc Rouge flood protection levee.

Product overview

CC DRAGA (Communauté de Communes DRAGA) is an intercommunal public administration serving 9 communes in Ardèche, France, spanning from the Rhône to the Gorges de l'Ardèche. The organization provides a portfolio of 10 core public services including waste management, water and sanitation, urban planning, childcare and youth services, cultural programs (music schools, libraries), mobility services, and housing support. Additionally, the administration manages major infrastructure projects including fiber optic deployment and the Banc Rouge flood protection levee. The service architecture is a unified public service model offering both digital (online procedures, France Services) and physical access points for residents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Waste Management Service (Service de gestion des déchets) Intercommunal waste collection, sorting instructions, déchetteries (recycling centers), composting operations, and resource recovery services for households and businesses on the DRAGA territory.
• Water and Sanitation Service (Service d'eau potable et assainissement) Drinking water distribution, collective sanitation infrastructure management, and non-collective sanitation support for residents across the 9 communes.
• Urban Planning Service (Service urbanisme et PLUi-H) Intercommunal Local Urban Planning (PLUi-H), online urban permit submissions, and heritage site management including the remarkable site of Larnas church.
• Early Childhood, Childhood, Youth Services (Petite Enfance - Enfance - Jeunesse) Childcare, childhood, and youth programs including activities, summer camps, and family support services across the intercommunal territory.
• Cultural Services (Service culture) Arts education, intercommunal music schools, public library network (BIBLIOs en DRAGA), and cultural event programming.
• Mobility Services (Service mobilités) Intercommunal mobility card, carpooling platform (KAROS Covoit'en), and Sunday beach transportation services.
• Housing Services (Service habitat) Housing improvement programs, social housing coordination, rental permits, and public home renovation assistance services.
• France Services Multi-service public access point offering administrative assistance, with both fixed and itinerant locations serving residents who need help with government procedures.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Mission Locale Centre ArdècheminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Mission Locale Centre Ardèche for youth employment support services in the territory.
• Maison de l'Emploi et de la FormationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for employment and training support services for local residents.
• France ServicescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrance Services is a national program providing a single point of access for administrative procedures. CC DRAGA hosts a France Services center and offers itinerant services for remote areas.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• ADCF (Assemblée des Communautés de France): The national association representing French communautés de communes and autres intercommunaux. It is an ecosystem/thematic peer — the umbrella body that advocates, advises, and disseminates best practices to intercommunals like CC DRAGA.

Broad incumbents

• Conseil Départemental de l'Ardèche: The departmental government of Ardèche provides broader public services (social action, roads, education, heritage) that overlap with several CC DRAGA competencies (housing, mobility, social services). It functions as a larger public-sector incumbent in the same territory.
• Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The regional authority co-finances and steers many of the same policy areas as CC DRAGA (transport, economic development, fiber, vocational training). It is the upper-tier public administration that defines strategic direction for intercommunals in the territory.

Regional players

• Communauté de communes Gorges Causses Cévennes: An intercommunal structure in a neighboring département (Lozère/Gard) operating a similar portfolio of municipal services for rural communes. Comparable in service model and rural scale but operating in a different geographic region.

Direct peers

• Communauté de communes Ardèche Rhône Coiron: Ardèche intercommunal formed from the merger of former communautés, providing similar intercommunal public services in an adjacent territory. Directly comparable as a rural Ardèche intercommunal authority with overlapping competencies.
• Communauté de communes du Bassin d'Aubenas: A neighboring Ardèche communauté de communes delivering a comparable portfolio of municipal services (waste, water oversight, childcare, culture, mobility) across its own member communes. It is the closest functional equivalent to CC DRAGA in scale, geographic setting, and service mix.
• Communauté de communes Val de Ligne: A small Ardèche communauté de communes operating in the same department with a similar service portfolio for member communes. Comparable as a peer intercommunal of similar scale operating under the same French legal framework.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ccdraga
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cc-draga

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Investors

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