Communauté de Communes Sor et Agout

What Communauté de Communes Sor et Agout does

Communauté de Communes Sor et Agout (CCSA) is a French public intercommunal cooperation establishment (Établissement Public de Coopération Intercommunale, or EPCI) headquartered in Saïx, Occitanie, France. Created as part of the PETR du Pays de Cocagne territorial framework in 2015 and operating under its current bureau mandate since 2020, CCSA coordinates and delivers a broad portfolio of public services across 25 member communes in the Tarn department, serving a population of approximately 69,024 inhabitants. Its service areas span waste collection and environmental management (including SPANC sanitation and PCAET climate planning), intercommunal urban planning (PLUi), economic and digital development (including La Cellule coworking space and the Plaine Santé business park), early childhood care (crèches, childcare assistants), childhood and youth services for ages 3-30, cultural programming, tourism promotion, and a leisure base with sports facilities and a regional nature reserve.

The organization is governed by elected officials from member communes, led by President Jean-Luc Alibert and a bureau of 13 Vice-Presidents representing different territorial commissions. CCSA's underlying operational model relies on administrative coordination rather than proprietary technology — its primary digital infrastructure consists of a website (communautesoragout.fr), four specialized email newsletters, a Facebook presence, and the annual Trait Union print publication. Its revenue model is that of a French local government entity: funded primarily through fiscalité professionnelle unique (a unified business tax), contributions from member communes, national and regional government subsidies, and nominal service-related fees such as the taxe de séjour. There is no commercial product line or venture-backed revenue mechanism.

CCSA participates in coordinated territorial planning through its membership in the PETR du Pays de Cocagne, a mixed syndicate that brings together three intercommunal groups across 75 communes and 1,022 km². Its customer base is exclusively the residents, businesses, and visitors within its statutory geographic territory, with no ability to expand beyond the defined communal boundaries without legislative territorial reform.

Name

Communauté de Communes Sor et Agout

Legal name

Communauté de Communes Sor et Agout

Website

https://communautesoragout.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Communauté de Communes Sor et Agout (CCSA) is a French public intercommunal authority coordinating waste management, urban planning, childcare, youth services, tourism, culture, and economic development across 25 communes in the Tarn department of Occitanie, serving approximately 69,024 residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saïx

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Communauté de Communes Sor et Agout (CCSA) is a French public intercommunal administrative structure (EPCI) that delivers territorial public services across 25 member communes in the Tarn department of Occitanie. It manages waste collection, early childhood care, youth programs, tourism, cultural activities, urban planning, environmental policy, and economic development for residents and local businesses of the Sor and Agout valley area.

Product overview

Communauté de Communes Sor et Agout is an intercommunal public cooperation establishment (EPCI) in the Tarn department of southern France. It provides a broad portfolio of public services organized into multiple thematic areas: urban planning and development, economic and digital services (including La Cellule coworking space), environmental services (waste collection, sanitation, solar energy), early childhood care, childhood and youth services, culture and events, leisure and sports facilities, and tourism promotion. The organization functions as a multi-service local government portal rather than a unified software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La Cellule (Coworking Space) Public coworking space offered by the intercommunal authority to remote workers, freelancers, and small businesses seeking shared office facilities in the Sor and Agout area.
• Base de Loisirs (Leisure Base) Public leisure and recreation facility available to residents of the member communes and visitors, supporting outdoor activities and family recreation.
• Petite Enfance (Early Childhood Services) Public early childhood care services including daycare and nursery facilities provided to families with young children residing in the member communes.
• Tourisme (Tourism Services) Public tourism promotion and coordination services for the Sor and Agout territory, supporting visitor information, accommodation promotion, and local heritage.
• Environnement (Environmental Services) Public environmental services including household waste collection, recycling, and environmental policy implementation for residents of the member communes.
• Économie et Numérique (Economic and Digital Development) Public economic development and digital services supporting local businesses, entrepreneurship, and digital connectivity across the territory.
• Enfance - Jeunesse (Childhood and Youth Services) Public childhood and youth services including after-school activities, youth centers, and educational programs for children and adolescents of the member communes.
• Urbanisme et Aménagement (Urban Planning and Development) Public urban planning and territorial development services including Local Urban Planning (PLUi), land-use policy, and infrastructure planning across the intercommunal territory.
• Culture (Cultural Services) Public cultural services and programming including cultural events, heritage support, and community cultural activities for residents of the member communes.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PETR du Pays de CocagnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Communauté de Communes Sor & Agout is a member of the PETR (Pôle d'Equilibre Territorial et Rural) du Pays de Cocagne, a public intermunicipal syndicate created in 2015 covering the south-west quarter of the Tarn department. The PETR brings together 3 communautés de communes (Tarn-Agout, Lautrécois-Pays d'Agout, and Sor & Agout) across 69,024 inhabitants, 1,022 km², and 75 communes. CCSA participates in coordinated territorial planning and development projects through this partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Communauté de Communes des Coteaux du Girou: Nearby intercommunal structure in the neighboring Haute-Garonne department serving a similar rural-commune cluster. Provides the same EPCI-tier services (waste, urbanism, childhood, economic development) and offers geographic benchmarking on the same French EPCI model.
• Communauté de Communes du Cordais et du Causse (4C): Small rural EPCI in the Tarn department offering the same scope of intercommunal services (waste, planning, leisure, childcare). Operates at a comparable scale to CCSA and is a useful same-region benchmark for service delivery in low-density territories.
• Communauté d'Agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet: Larger agglomeration-level EPCI in the same Tarn department, delivering a similar menu of urban planning, waste, economic development, and cultural services. Comparable in function but operates at greater scale and within a more urban economic base than CCSA.

Others

• Syndicat Mixte du Bassin de l'Agout: Mixed syndicate operating river-basin and water-environmental management across the Agout catchment that overlaps CCSA's territory. Comparable as a public-sector territorial operator rather than as a direct service competitor; relevant for benchmarking on environmental-program execution.

Direct peers

• Communauté de Communes Lautrécois-Pays d'Agout: Third EPCI member of the PETR du Pays de Cocagne, providing the same EPCI-tier public services to a cluster of rural communes in the southwest Tarn. Closely comparable in governance structure, funding model, and service portfolio.
• Communauté de Communes Tarn-Agout: Sister EPCI within the same PETR du Pays de Cocagne covering a comparable set of communes in the Tarn department. Operates the same type of intercommunal public services (waste, planning, economic development, childcare) under the same French EPCI legal framework, making it the most structurally comparable peer.

Broad incumbents

• PETR du Pays de Cocagne: Parent supra-communal syndicate coordinating CCSA, Tarn-Agout, and Lautrécois-Pays d'Agout across 75 communes and 69,024 inhabitants. Operates the wider SCOT-level planning, Leader, and territorial-development functions that envelop CCSA's role.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Communaute.de.Communes.Sor.et.Agout
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/communaut%C3%A9-de-communes-sor-et-agout

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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