Communauté de Communes de la Région d'Audruicq

What Communauté de Communes de la Région d'Audruicq does

Communauté de Communes de la Région d'Audruicq (CCRA) is a French intercommunal public authority (Établissement Public de Coopération Intercommunale) headquartered in Audruicq, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France. It coordinates and delivers a portfolio of public services across 15 member communes, including urban planning (PLUi/PLUiH), waste and sanitation management, economic development (through partnerships with CCI, CMA, and Agence SOFIE), environmental and climate programs (Plan Climat Air Energie Territorial, Jardibio-Interreg cross-border biodiversity project), and recreational and cultural facilities (the intercommunal swimming pool, La Grange cultural venue, the seasonal cultural program). The CCRA also operates social services through its wholly owned Centre Intercommunal d'Action Sociale (CIAS), encompassing meal delivery, food aid, RSA administration, parental support, and senior programming (Ateliers Papote), as well as the Écopôle alimentaire food hub and the La Fabrique sociale initiative.

Since October 2023, CCRA has extended into primary healthcare delivery by hosting salaried general practitioners from the Centre Départemental de Santé at its Audruicq premises. Its citizen-facing distribution combines the Maison France Services one-stop shop, the Maison Intercommunale headquarters, the Relais Petite Enfance, the Point Information Jeunesse, mobile permanences across communes, and digital portals including the Guichet numérique des autorisations d'urbanisme and Clikdoc-based medical appointment booking. CCRA also maintains a twinning relationship with Lichtervelde, Belgium, supporting cross-border cooperation.

CCRA is not a commercial enterprise. As a public EPCI, it is governed by elected officials from its 15 member communes and funded through local taxation (notably the redevance d'ordures ménagères and redevance assainissement), intercommunal budgets, and state and departmental transfers. It operates with a lean staff of approximately 14 employees, with no proprietary technology platform and no AI/ML capability disclosed.

Name

Communauté de Communes de la Région d'Audruicq

Legal name

Communauté de Communes de la Région d'Audruicq

Website

https://ccra.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

French intercommunal public authority (EPCI) coordinating administrative, social, environmental, healthcare, cultural, and economic development services across 15 communes in the Pas-de-Calais region, funded through local taxation and serving all residents within its territory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Audruicq

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The CCRA is a French intercommunal public authority (Établissement Public de Coopération Intercommunale) that coordinates and delivers shared public services across 15 communes in the Pas-de-Calais region. Its core offering spans administrative one-stop services (Maison France Services), urban planning and permitting, waste management and sanitation, social action through its CIAS subsidiary (food aid, meal delivery, RSA support, parental and senior services), economic development support, healthcare-access consultations, cultural and recreational facilities (swimming pool, La Grange), youth and early-childhood services, and territorial environmental and climate initiatives.

Product overview

Communauté de Communes de la Région d'Audruicq is a French inter-municipal public administration serving 15 communes. Its product portfolio consists of citizen-facing public services organized around several pillars: administrative services through the Maison France Services; health services including medical consultations and senior care; social services including La Fabrique sociale and the Écopôle alimentaire; recreational facilities such as La Piscine intercommunale; cultural venues and programs including La Grange and the seasonal cultural program; youth services through the Point Information Jeunesse; environmental initiatives including the Plan Climat and Jardibio cross-border biodiversity project; and digital services such as the urban planning permit portal. These services are delivered through physical locations, digital platforms, and community programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maison France Services à Audruicq

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jardibio - InterregcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Franco-Belgian cooperation project on biodiversity between CCRA and the town of Lichtervelde, funded through the Interreg program. A cross-border partnership for environmental protection and biodiversity initiatives.
• CCI (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for economic development support, business creation assistance, and enterprise support services on the CCRA territory.
• CMA (Chambre des Métiers et de l'Artisanat)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Chamber of Trades and Craftsmanship for supporting artisans, tradespeople, and small businesses within the CCRA territory.
• Agence SOFIEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with SOFIE agency for economic development initiatives and business support services.
• Centre Départemental de SantécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for healthcare access: Since October 2023, two salaried general practitioners from the Centre Départemental de Santé hold regular consultations at CCRA premises in Audruicq, improving healthcare access for residents. Appointments available by phone or online via Clikdoc platform.
• Association GaliléeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation that supported the CCRA in the reflection and consultation process for the 'Fabrique sociale' project, completed in early 2020.
• LichterveldecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelgian twin town (jumelage) of the CCRA, with ongoing cooperation including the Jardibio Interreg biodiversity project.
• Conférence des Financeurs du Pas de CalaisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinancial partner providing participation funding for the 'ateliers Papote' senior prevention program, contributing to loss of autonomy prevention for people aged 60+ on the CCRA territory.
• Les Anges GardinsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner collaborating with CCRA for convivial animations at the Ecopôle of Vieille-Église.
• Parc naturel régionalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Regional Natural Park for France Rénov' free renovation advisory services and climate/environment initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Intercommunalités de France: National association representing French EPCIs (communautés de communes, communautés d'agglomération, métropoles). Provides peer benchmarking, lobbying, and best-practice dissemination for structures of CCRA's type.
• Direction Départementale des Territoires et de la Mer du Pas-de-Calais: State-level counterpart administering PLUi approvals, housing programs, and environmental policy in Pas-de-Calais. Key institutional stakeholder rather than direct competitor, but shapes CCRA's operating environment.

Direct peers

• Communauté de Communes du Sud-Artois: Pas-de-Calais communauté de communes of similar size and rural/intercommunal character. Same EPCI mandate, same funding sources (redevances, departmental grants), and similar constraints from French merger policy.
• Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer: Pas-de-Calais communauté de communes with a similar small-town rural footprint in the same département. Operates the same EPCI competencies (PLUi, CIAS, waste management) and competes for the same departmental and regional funding envelopes.
• Communauté de Communes du Pays de Lumbres: Adjacent Pas-de-Calais communauté de communes of comparable size and rural profile, delivering the same EPCI mandate (urban planning, waste, social, economic development) to its member communes. Closest structural and geographic peer to CCRA.
• Communauté de Communes du Haut Pays du Montreuillois: Pas-de-Calais rural communauté de communes delivering the same standard EPCI service mix. Comparable in scale, governance model, and funding profile; competes for the same departmental co-financing.
• Communauté de Communes de la Terre des Deux Caps: Pas-de-Calais EPCI on the Côte d'Opale with a comparable mix of intercommunal services (tourism, environment, social, urbanism). Comparable in size and mandate, useful benchmark for territorial positioning.

Regional players

• Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer: Larger neighbouring EPCI in Pas-de-Calais with overlapping competencies and a stronger urban centre (Saint-Omer). Represents the regional scale-up path and the type of merged structure CCRA could be absorbed into under French consolidation policy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CCregionaudruicq
• Instagraminstagram.com/ccregionaudruicq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/communaute-de-communes-region-audruicq

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Subsidiaries1 record

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