COMMUNAUTE DE COMMUNES PYRENEES-CERDAGNE

What COMMUNAUTE DE COMMUNES PYRENEES-CERDAGNE does

Pyrénées-Cerdagne is a French intercommunal cooperation body (EPCI) headquartered in Saillagouse, Occitanie, created in 2015 to deliver shared public services across 20 communes of the Cerdagne plateau in the eastern Pyrénées. It operates under the presidency of Georges Armengol with a staff of approximately 14 and delivers a defined basket of legally transferred competencies: waste management (collection via semi-underground containers and a réseau de déchèteries, with downstream treatment handled in partnership with Sydetom66), urban planning through a PLUi valant SCOT approved in December 2019, economic development including tourism infrastructure such as the paragliding access road opened in 2018, environmental and river-basin management under the GEMAPI competence transferred in 2018 (financed by a dedicated tax of approximately €300,000), and cultural services following the 2022 transfer of the music school.

The entity's revenue model is non-commercial. It is funded through local taxation — notably the REOM (redevance d'enlèvement des ordures ménagères) for waste services and the GEMAPI tax for flood-risk and aquatic-environment management — supplemented by intergovernmental transfers from the State and member communes. Cross-border cooperation with Spanish counterparts is institutionalised through a Groupement Européen de Coopération Transfrontalière (GECT). In 2024 the intercommunal structure deployed its first structured digital citizen service (CSE) and jointly organised a professional bio-waste salon with neighbouring Communauté de communes Pyrénées Catalanes, signalling incremental expansion of both the digital and organic-waste verticals.

Strategically, the body is a regulatory monopoly: no alternative provider can deliver the legally transferred competencies within its perimeter, and the PLUi valant SCOT locks in multi-decade land-use authority. Growth is structurally bounded by French local-finance capacity and the slow cadence of state-driven competency transfers, but the trajectory of absorbing new missions (music school 2022, bio-waste 2024) combined with ongoing recruitment points to a moderate-growth path rather than flat or declining activity.

Name

COMMUNAUTE DE COMMUNES PYRENEES-CERDAGNE

Legal name

Communauté de Communes Pyrénées Cerdagne

Website

https://pyrenees-cerdagne.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pyrénées-Cerdagne is a French intercommunal public body serving 20 municipalities in the Cerdagne plateau, delivering waste management, urban planning, environmental (GEMAPI), economic development, and cultural services funded by local taxation and intergovernmental transfers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saillagouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Taxation Locale: Property and other local taxes funding core intercommunal operations including GEMAPI (annual budget ~300,000€), PLUi, economic development, and infrastructure maintenance.
2. Redevance d'Enlèvement des Ordures Ménagères (REOM): Annual household waste collection fee charged to residents, covering collection, transfer to Sydetom66, and treatment at UTVE Calce.
3. Professional Waste Disposal Fees: Fees charged to professionals for waste disposal at déchèterie based on waste type and volume deposited.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Communauté de Communes Pyrénées-Cerdagne is a French public intercommunal authority delivering shared municipal services across 20 communes in the Cerdagne region of the French Pyrenees. Its core offerings include household waste collection and recycling (via semi-underground containers and the Déchèterie Communautaire), territorial urban planning (PLUi valant SCOT), cultural services (community music school and library network), economic development support, environmental protection including GEMAPI flood prevention and river basin management, and cross-border cooperation with Spain through the GECT framework.

Product overview

COMMUNAUTE DE COMMUNES PYRENEES-CERDAGNE is an intercommunal public authority serving 20 communes in the French Pyrenees Cerdagne region. The organization provides a comprehensive portfolio of public services including waste management and recycling (through the Déchèterie Communautaire and semi-underground container network), cultural programs (Community Music School, library network), environmental management (Comité Rivière du Sèvre water basin committee), urban planning (PLUi valant SCOT), economic development support, cross-border cooperation through the GECT framework, and recreational infrastructure including hiking trails and cycling paths. The services operate as interconnected public utility functions rather than a unified technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Waste Collection and Management (Ordures Ménagères)
• Community Recycling Center (Déchèterie Communautaire)
• Community Music School (Ecole de musique communautaire Pyrénées-Cerdagne)
• Library Network (Réseau des médiathèques)
• Urban Planning (PLUi valant SCOT)
• Economic Development Aid (Aides aux entreprises)
• River Basin Committee (Comité Rivière du Sègre)
• Cross-border Cooperation (GECT)
• Hiking Trails Network
• Cycling Infrastructure (Pistes Cyclables)
• Health Contract (Contrat Local de Santé)
• Free Flight Site Access Road (Pic Dels Moros, Targasonne)
• Office de Tourisme Communautaire
• Musée de Cerdagne

Quantifiable outcome

• 237 km of marked hiking trails established across 26 routes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Communauté de Communes Pyrénées CatalanescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 September 2024Joint initiative with Pyrénées Catalanes to organize the first professional biodéchets trade fair for mountain territories of Pyrénées-Orientales, held September 16, 2024 at Bolquère. Both intercommunal authorities share objectives on organic waste management under the AGEC law.
• CCI de Saillagouse (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 September 2024CCI served as a relay to local professionals at the biodéchets professional salon, helping connect businesses with composting and collection service providers.
• Sydetom66coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Sydetom66 manages waste treatment for 13 communities of communes. The déchèterie transfers waste via a quai de transfert at Ur to the UTVE de Calce and the centre de tri at Calce. Sydetom66 organizes prevention meetings and PLPDMA development.
• SMROM (Syndicat MixteROM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWaste collection for Egat, Targasonne, and Font Romeu-Odeillo-Via municipalities, separate from the main communauté territory which manages its own déchèterie and waste services.
• Parc Naturel Régional des Pyrénées CatalanescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe communauté territory is within the PNR boundaries. Collaborative work on mountain station action plans, environmental protection, and regional tourism development.
• GECT (Groupement Européen de Coopération Territoriale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-border cooperation structure between France and Spain. The communauté hosts GECT assemblies and budget management. Competencies include cross-border actions and projects.
• EDF (Électricité de France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDF manages the Lanoux dam, the most important in the Pyrenees with 70 million m³ capacity. Part of hydroelectric infrastructure affecting the Sèvre river basin.
• Prefecture of Pyrénées-OrientalescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrefect provides regulatory validation, GEMAPI oversight, and coordination during crises (COVID-19). The Préfet officially notified PGRE validation in 2019.
• Agence D'Urbanisme CatalanecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUrbanism agency providing PLUi valant SCOT planning services, including environmental evaluation and zone development studies. Part of the Agence AURCA network.
• Bureau d'étude COGEAMminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSpecialized consultancy contracted to develop Orientation d'Aménagement et de Programmation (OAP) for the PLUi valant SCOT.
• Cabinet AgateminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsultancy firm commissioned for management, development, and enhancement study of the Passet site and Font-Vive valley in Porté-Puymorens.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environnement: Global waste management incumbent operating collection, transfer, treatment, and recycling services worldwide; provides the broader benchmark for the CSE / déchèterie service stack that Pyrénées-Cerdagne delivers in-house.
• SUEZ (Suez Recycling and Recovery): Major French and global waste management operator providing collection, sorting, and treatment services to municipalities and intercommunalities; relevant comparator for integrated waste service delivery models.
• PreZero (Schwarz Group): European environmental services provider covering collection, sorting, recycling, and treatment; broad incumbent whose public-sector contracts and bio-waste services compete with CDC-delivered services.
• Séché Environnement: French-headquartered environmental services group active in hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment, recovery, and déchèterie services; provides private-sector benchmark for the CDC's regulated waste activities.

Direct peers

• Sydetom66: Syndicat mixte that manages downstream waste treatment infrastructure (UTVE Calce, centre de tri Calce) for 13 communautés de communes including Pyrénées-Cerdagne; coordinates PLPDMA development and prevention meetings.
• Communauté de communes Capcir Haut-Conflent: Neighbouring intercommunal authority in the Pyrénées-Orientales high country serving similar mountain communes with comparable waste, tourism, and rural-development mandates; shares the Parc Naturel Régional context and cross-border outlook.
• SMROM (Syndicat Mixte ROM): Adjacent syndicat mixte providing waste collection for Egat, Targasonne, and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via — three communes bordering the Pyrénées-Cerdagne territory — operating a parallel déchèterie model in the same geography.
• Communauté de communes Pyrénées Catalanes: Sister intercommunal authority in Pyrénées-Orientales with identical mandates including waste management, urban planning, and cross-border cooperation; jointly co-organised the September 2024 biodéchets salon with Pyrénées-Cerdagne and co-developed the PLPDMA 2020-2025.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/compyreneescerdagne
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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