CREUTZWALD

What CREUTZWALD does

Creutzwald (Ville de Creutzwald) is a French commune (municipality) located in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region in northeastern France, serving approximately 13,000 residents with a staff of 60. It functions as a local government entity delivering municipal administration, public services, education, cultural programming, sports infrastructure, and tourism services. Since 1997, economic development competence — including industrial zones, urban planning (PLU), and business support — has been transferred to the Communauté de Communes du Warndt (CCW), an intercommunal authority.

The municipality operates two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: ENES (Régie Municipale d'Électricité), established in 1927, which delivers vertically integrated electricity distribution and self-production (6 MW gas + 4 MW fuel oil capacity), public lighting, traffic signal maintenance, district heating, and a cable television network reaching 4,553 households (75.28% penetration); and CVS, a local television channel. Creutzwald historically depended on coal mining centered around the La Houve shaft, but proactively diversified from the 1960s via three CECA-backed reindustrialization zones, successfully transitioning to manufacturing, automotive subcontracting, and energy before the mine closed in April 2005.

The commune's revenue model relies on local taxation, government subsidies, and intergovernmental transfers (notably FEDER co-financing), supplemented by utility tariffs through ENES and commercial rents from industrial zones. Distribution channels include in-person town hall services, the online portal creutzwald.fr (Flexit CMS, IS-Webdesign), the PURPOZ citizen consultation platform, and the CVS local TV channel. Strategic positioning emphasizes citizen participation, commercial revitalization via subsidized storefront renovations, entrepreneurship support through Initiative Moselle-Est honor loans, and cross-border integration with Germany via the B269 Neu road project linking to Überherrn and Sarrelouis.

Name

CREUTZWALD

Legal name

Ville de Creutzwald

Website

https://creutzwald.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Creutzwald is a French commune in Moselle serving ~13,000 residents, delivering municipal administration, public services, and education through 60 staff. It operates the ENES municipal utility (electricity, district heating, cable TV) and partners with the CCW intercommunal authority for economic development.

Ownership category

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Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Other General Government Support (92119), Executive Offices (921110), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Electrical Work (1731)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Power Districts & State/Provincial Utilities (EUADABAD), City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Public utilities
• Local governance
• Municipal electricity
• District heating

Headquarters

HQ city

Creutzwald

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Creutzwald (Ville de Creutzwald) is a French commune providing municipal administrative services to its residents, including civil registry, urban planning, social services, education, and cultural programs. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary ENES, the municipality also operates public utilities delivering electricity distribution and production, district heating, cable television, public lighting, and traffic signal maintenance.

Product overview

Creutzwald is a municipality in Moselle, France, operating an official website that serves as a digital portal for its administrative services. The website provides access to municipal information including council proceedings, public services, education, sports facilities (gymnasium, swimming pool, tennis, sailing, archery), cultural venues, tourism information, and local news. The municipality also operates ENES (Régie municipale d'électricité), a municipal electricity utility providing electricity distribution, production (6 MW gas + 4 MW fuel oil power station), public lighting, traffic signal maintenance, and district heating services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ENES: Régie municipale d'électricité - municipal electricity utility providing electricity distribution, production, public lighting, traffic management, district heating, and cable television services.
• CVS
• PURPOZ

Products and services

• Municipal Administrative Services
• ENES Electricity Distribution and Production
• ENES District Heating Service
• ENES Cable Television Network
• Public Lighting and Traffic Signal Maintenance

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered historical, core, major and minor.

• CECA (Communauté Européenne du Charbon et de l'Acier)historicalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1960European Coal and Steel Community created three reindustrialization zones in Lorraine at the end of the 1960s to support mining towns transitioning away from coal. This historical partnership enabled Creutzwald's diversification strategy.
• Communauté de Communes du Warndt (CCW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 1997, economic competence (economic development, PLU, business zones) has been transferred to CCW. CCW manages industrial zones, development aid, taxation, and available commercial/industrial buildings on the Creutzwald territory. Coordinates cross-border development with B269 Neu route project connecting to Überherrn and Sarrelouis.
• Communauté de Communes du Warndt (CCW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCW handles urban planning administration (PLU), service开放时间为周一8h-12h, 13h-17h，周四8h-12h。仅接受预约。地点：Hôtel d'entreprises et communautaire du Warndt。
• Région Grand EstmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional council co-financier of local economic development projects and urban planning initiatives.
• Département de la MosellemajorGTM or Marketing PartnerDepartmental council co-financier of local development projects.
• Initiative Moselle-EstmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Initiative France network. Provides 0% interest honor loans to entrepreneurs lacking capital/guarantees. Average loan €9,700. For every €1 of honor loan, banks provide €8.20 in complementary financing. Also enables access to BPI France funding. Club des Entrepreneurs organizes quarterly networking events. Based in Sarreguemines.
• CCI Moselle (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCI provides 2 free collective workshops on commercial performance topics. Co-financed: CCI 50%, Commune 30%, CCW 20%. Topics include commerce positioning and customer development/loyalty.
• CMA Moselle (Chambre des Métiers et de l'Artisanat)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMA provides 2 information meetings on entrepreneurship topics. Co-financed: CMA 40%, Commune 36%, CCW 24%. Topics include business creation support and micro-enterprise transformation.
• CAUE57 (Conseil d'Architecture, d'Urbanisme et d'Environnement de la Moselle)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCAUE57 provides free architectural advice for commercial storefront renovation projects. Required for subsidy eligibility. Accompanies businesses through project design and conformity verification.
• L'Outil en MainminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association for youth manual skills initiation. Creutzwald is creating a local antenna to teach children 9+ manual crafts through workshops led by retired skilled volunteers. 100+ trades represented nationwide. Project contact: Anne-Aymone PETER (PVD project manager) and Martial NISS (Grand Est territorial delegate).

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Algrange: Small Moselle commune in the Fensch valley with directly analogous post-industrial economic transition challenges and similar demographic scale. Closely comparable municipal service mandate.
• Uckange: Small Moselle commune sharing a post-steel/industrial transition story and active participation in regional economic revitalization programs including EU co-financing. Relevant for peer comparison on transition strategy.
• Freyming-Merlebach: Adjacent Moselle commune sharing the La Houve coal mining heritage with Creutzwald, facing identical post-industrial transition challenges. Provides directly comparable municipal services to a similar-scale population.
• Petite-Rosselle: Immediately adjacent commune to Creutzwald sharing the same coal basin and cross-border German border context. Provides a like-for-like comparison for small Moselle communes in economic transition.
• Behren-lès-Forbach: Smaller Moselle commune in the same Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement, sharing demographic and economic transition dynamics with Creutzwald. Directly comparable in scale and service mandate.
• Fameck: Moselle commune in the Orne-Moselle intercommunal authority with comparable post-industrial economic profile. Useful peer for benchmarking service delivery and economic development cooperation models.
• Forbach: Neighboring commune in Moselle department with comparable post-coal mining economic transition history and similar population scale (~21,000 residents). Operates municipal services with analogous funding structures and participates in similar regional development programs.
• Hayange: Moselle commune with a similar post-steel/coal transition trajectory in the Fensch valley. Comparable scale and analogous dependence on intercommunal cooperation and EU structural funds.
• Saint-Avold: Sub-prefecture of Moselle arrondissement with similar post-industrial economic profile and a comparable range of municipal services. Larger in scale but operates under the same departmental governance and funding frameworks.
• Longwy: Commune in neighboring Meurthe-et-Moselle department sharing a nearly identical post-coal/steel industrial decline profile and cross-border dynamic with Luxembourg and Belgium. Highly relevant for benchmarking economic transition programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/creutzwald

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Subsidiaries2 records

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