COMMUNE DE SAUVETERRE

What COMMUNE DE SAUVETERRE does

COMMUNE DE SAUVETERRE (operating as Ville de Sauveterre) is a French municipal government entity (commune) located in the Gard department of the Occitanie region in southern France, with a documented history dating to 1195. It provides core public administration services including civil registry functions, urban planning, electoral administration, and citizen registration through the mairie (town hall) headquartered at Château de Montsauve, supplemented by intercommunal services delivered via the Grand Avignon communauté d'agglomération (joined 2014) covering water, waste, transport, housing, and economic development across 16 communes spanning Vaucluse and Gard.

The municipality operates a digital front-end through its official website (mairiesauveterre.fr) featuring RGAA-compliant accessibility tooling, Google Analytics, Tarteaucitron cookie consent, and integrations with national government platforms including ANTS (for identity documents) and the ARG Famille portal (for school meal reservations). The service portfolio extends beyond administration to include cultural infrastructure — the flagship Pôle Culturel Jean Ferrat, inaugurated in September 2017, comprising a 250-seat performance hall, media library, music school (ALS Musique), and cinema operated in partnership with CINEPLAN — alongside 100% organic school catering with local short-supply-chain sourcing, school transport coordination via the regional liO network, eight rentable municipal halls (38m² to 1,078m²), and a communale health insurance partnership with Mutualia Alliance Santé established in 2016.

The business model is non-commercial in the traditional sense, funded primarily through local taxes, state allocations, and intercommunal grants. Direct user fees are limited to school meal subscriptions (monthly billing via the ARG Famille portal), municipal hall rentals, and ancillary charges. The customer base is structurally limited to commune residents, with marketing conducted exclusively through the official website and organic social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube). Management is led by Mayor Jacques DEMANSE and an elected municipal council, with an operational headcount of 11 employees.

Name

COMMUNE DE SAUVETERRE

Legal name

Ville de Sauveterre

Website

https://mairiesauveterre.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

COMMUNE DE SAUVETERRE is a French municipality in the Gard department of Occitanie providing local public administration, cultural services (Pôle Culturel Jean Ferrat), 100% organic school meals, hall rentals, and intercommunal services to residents via the Grand Avignon intercommunity structure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Public Administration

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211), Other General Government Support (92119), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB), Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ), School District Central Administration (Superintendent & Cabinet Offices) (EDADABAF), Public Works General Contracting (IMAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Municipal public services
• Local government administration
• Cultural facility operations
• School meal services
• Civic administrative services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sauveterre

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

COMMUNE DE SAUVETERRE is a French municipal government (commune) that administers the village of Sauveterre in the Gard department, delivering local public services to residents. Its offering centers on civil-status administration, urban planning, civic registration, and elections through the mairie, complemented by a flagship cultural complex (Pôle Culturel Jean Ferrat) with a media library, cinema, and performance hall, plus school meal provision, school transport coordination, municipal hall rentals, and a directory of essential public service contacts.

Product overview

COMMUNE DE SAUVETERRE is a French municipal government offering a comprehensive suite of public services through its official website. The service portfolio centers on the core municipal administration (mairie) providing civil status, urban planning, and civic registration services, complemented by the flagship Pôle Culturel Jean Ferrat cultural complex inaugurated in 2017, which houses a 250-seat performance hall, media library, music school, and cinema operated with CINEPLAN. Additional services include school meal provision (100% organic, local sourcing), school transport coordination via the regional liO network, municipal hall rentals (8 distinct venues ranging from 38m² to 1078m²), and a directory of essential public and private service contacts. The municipality directs citizens to national platforms (ANTS for identity documents, ARG Famille for school services) while maintaining local digital services for administrative procedures, publications, and community information. The Grand Avignon intercommunity structure provides shared services including water management, waste collection, and public transport through the Orizo network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pôle Culturel Jean Ferrat Cultural complex featuring a 250-seat performance hall, media library (médiathèque), music school (ALS Musique), multi-purpose association room, and exhibition hall; offers theater, music, dance, cinema programming, artist residencies, and facility rentals for residents and associations.
• Médiathèque du Pôle Culturel Jean Ferrat Public library within the cultural center providing access to various media types for on-site consultation and home borrowing; supports leisure, information access, and documentary research for residents.
• Cinema at Pôle Culturel Jean Ferrat Cinema service operated in partnership with CINEPLAN, offering two monthly screenings at 18h30 and 20h30; participates in the national Ecole et Cinéma program for school screenings.
• Salles Municipales (Municipal Hall Rentals)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mutualia Alliance SantécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Mutualia Alliance Santé provides a communal health insurance (mutuelle communale) partnership with Sauveterre since 2016. A Mutualia representative holds permanence at the marie on the first Friday of each month from 14h to 17h. This partnership offers residents negotiated health insurance rates as part of a social solidarity initiative.
• Grand AvignoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Grand Avignon is a communauté d'agglomération (intercommunal structure) that Sauveterre joined in 2014. The intercommunal manages 17 competencies including housing, water and sanitation, waste collection, transportation, environment, economic development, and cultural education. Grand Avignon covers both Vaucluse and Gard departments in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Occitanie regions.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Commune de Pujaut: Small neighboring commune in Gard, member of Grand Avignon, offering a directly comparable mairie operating model, school services, and intercommunal dependency structure.
• Commune de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon: Adjacent commune in the Gard/Vaucluse boundary, also within Grand Avignon, providing a directly comparable small-city mairie service portfolio (administration, schools, culture, urban planning).
• Commune de Roquemaure: Neighboring commune in the Gard department referenced directly in Sauveterre's founding history; operates a comparable mairie with identical French commune functions and shares the Grand Avignon intercommunal framework.
• Commune de Sorgues: Member commune of Grand Avignon offering a closely comparable mairie service catalog including schools, halls, cultural facilities, and shared intercommunal competencies.
• Commune de Rochefort-du-Gard: Small Gard commune within Grand Avignon with directly comparable municipal services, school restaurant operations, and intercommunal service delivery model.

Regional players

• SIDSCAVAR: Syndicat intercommunal referenced by Sauveterre for youth, family, and senior services (school transport coordination, repas à domicile, télé-assistance, séjours); a regional intercommunal peer in shared service delivery.
• Grand Avignon: Communauté d'agglomération that exercises 17 shared competencies on behalf of Sauveterre (water, waste, transport, housing, economic development); the parent intercommunal structure within which Sauveterre operates.

Broad incumbents

• Ville d'Avignon: Prefecture and central city of the Grand Avignon agglomeration; a larger incumbent providing an overlapping but broader service portfolio (culture, education, transport, administration) that anchors the intercommunal structure.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC3UXlc97F-5Cw7G8X542ljw
• Facebookfacebook.com/MairieSauveterre
• Instagraminstagram.com/mairiesauveterre
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/commune-de-sauveterre

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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