Ville de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

What Ville de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande does

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is a French municipal commune (Mairie de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande) and one of the oldest bastides in Gironde, founded in 1255 by Alphonse de Poitiers on a 51-hectare territory along the Dordogne river serving as a historic gateway to Périgord. It functions as a statutory local government entity providing the full spectrum of municipal public services to roughly 2,400 residents: civil-status administration, identity documents, urban planning and building permits, education (the newly inaugurated Paul Bert-Pauline Kergomard maternal school, school catering), social action through the CCAS and a senior residence, environmental services (waste via USTOM, water via SOGEDO under a 12-year concession from January 2021, sanitation via VEOLIA under a parallel 12-year concession, composting and biodiversity programs), cultural programming (Musée du Pays Foyen, Micro-Folie, Bibliothèque Suzanne Chaumet, cinema La Brèche), sports facilities, municipal police with a 36-camera videoprotection network and canine brigade, solidarity transport, housing (Permis de Louer, OPAH renovations with SOLIHA and ANAH), and health coordination. Service delivery is anchored at the Place Gambetta town hall and channeled through 19 service publics, the official municipal website (saintefoylagrande.fr), a municipal magazine, and Facebook.

Name

Ville de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

Legal name

Mairie de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

Website

https://saintefoylagrande.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is a French municipal commune in Gironde, founded in 1255, delivering the full range of statutory local public services — administration, education, social action, utilities, culture, security, and housing — to roughly 2,400 residents across a 51-hectare historic bastide territory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive Offices (921110)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF), Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ), Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local) (BPAIACAN)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Civil registry services
• Urban planning
• Waste management
• Public cultural services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Local Taxes and Fiscal Revenue: The municipality generates revenue through local taxes including property tax (taxe foncière) and maintains fiscal rates. The municipal council maintains tax rates while increasing taxes on secondary residences and vacant properties to combat housing vacancy.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ville de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is a French municipal government delivering a broad portfolio of public services to roughly 2,400 residents and local businesses. Core offerings include civil-status and identity documentation, urban planning and housing permits, education through a maternal school, social action via the CCAS, environmental services (waste collection via USTOM, water via SOGEDO, sanitation via VEOLIA), cultural programming through the Pays Foyen Museum, Micro-Folie, library and cinema, sports facilities, and municipal police with video surveillance.

Product overview

The municipality operates as a public service organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of government services to its approximately 2,500 residents. Rather than a unified software product, the offering consists of multiple distinct public service domains administered through the municipal website and physical municipal offices. The services include administrative functions (civil status, identity documents), urban planning, education (maternal school), social action (CCAS with senior residence), environmental management (waste via USTOM, water via SOGEDO, sanitation via VEOLIA), cultural services (museums, library, events), sports facilities (city-stade), security (municipal police with video surveillance and canine unit), transportation (solidarity transport), housing services, and health coordination. The Saturday market represents a traditional commercial service. Each domain operates somewhat independently with dedicated contact points and service providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal Administrative Services Core administrative procedures delivered by the mairie: civil-status registration (births, marriages, PACS), issuance and support for identity documents (ID cards, passports), electoral services, and other demographic formalities for residents.
• Urban Planning and Development Services Municipal urban-planning service handling building permits, land-use management, public-domain occupation permits, the 'Permis de Louer' rental authorisation, the 'Permis de Végétaliser' greenery programme, and property development authorisation services for residents, businesses and developers.
• School and Youth Services Municipal education and youth programs including the Paul Bert-Pauline Kergomard maternal school inaugurated in March 2025, school catering, and childhood/youth activities for families with school-age children.
• Social Action Services (CCAS) Center for Communal Social Action offering social assistance, elderly support, disability services, solidarity programs, a residence autonomy for seniors, and the canicule-alert register for vulnerable residents.
• Environmental Services Environmental service package including household-waste collection and recycling via USTOM, incentive-based billing with 15 annual lifts included, water supply via SOGEDO, sanitation via VEOLIA, composting programs via Au Ras du Sol, and biodiversity initiatives including the 'Permis de Végétaliser'.
• Cultural Services Cultural programming and venues including the Pays Foyen Museum, the Micro-Folie digital museum (with virtual-reality exhibitions), Bibliothèque municipale Suzanne Chaumet, Cinema La Brèche, Salle Clarisse Brian-Reclus, and touring concerts through the iddac 'P'tites Scènes' network.
• Sports and Recreation Facilities Municipal sports facilities including a multisport city-stade, a fitness course with 9 equipment stations, a public garden, and summer sport activities under the CAP33 and CAP33 Junior programs.
• Security and Prevention Services Public-safety services including a municipal police force with a dedicated canine brigade, ASVP agents supervising public spaces, and a video-protection network of 36 cameras deployed 2021-2024 in sensitive areas.
• Solidarity Transport Service 'Transport Solidaire Foyen' Community-managed solidarity transport service launched 1 January 2026 with a fully electric vehicle fleet, succeeding the Transport d'Utilité Sociale and operated by the Communauté de Communes du Pays Foyen.
• Housing Renovation Support (OPAH) Housing-improvement programme administered with SOLIHA under the OPAH (Opération Programmée d'Amélioration de l'Habitat) and funded with ANAH (Agence Nationale de l'Habitat), including subsidised rental-property renovation agreements for the Pays Foyen territory.
• Saturday Market Weekly Saturday market in Place Gambetta supporting local commerce and tourism. Recognised as 'Marché préféré des Français' in 2014 and 'Le plus beau marché de Gironde' in 2021.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, supporting and minor.

• SOGEDOcoreOthers · 1 January 2021Water service provider delegated for 12 years from January 2021, serving potable water to the Pays Foyen territory (excluding Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt). Handles meter reading, billing, customer service, and emergency interventions.
• VEOLIA EAUcoreOthers · 1 January 2021Sanitation service concessionaire for 12 years from January 2021, managing collective sanitation for all relevant communes. Provides 24/7 emergency and customer service.
• USTOM (Syndical Mixte des Ordures Ménagères)coreOthersWaste management authority handling household waste collection, recycling, and composting services for the territory. Implements incentive-based billing (redevance incitative).
• Etablissement Public Foncier de Nouvelle Aquitaine (EPF NA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic land establishment providing property disposition conventions for urban renewal projects, including commercial premises at 22 rue des Frères Reclus.
• iddac (Agence culturelle départementale)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental cultural agency partnering for concert programming, part of the 'P'tites Scènes' network for touring artists.
• Au Ras du SolsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal organization providing composting education and collective composter management training, conducting 15-minute training sessions.
• SOLIHAsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHousing support organization handling OPAH (Operation Programmée d'Amélioration de l'Habitat) subsidized renovation projects for the Pays Foyen territory.
• ANAH (Agence Nationale de l'Habitat)supportingOthersNational housing agency providing funding for subsidized rental property renovations through conventionnement agreements.
• Gironde NumériquesupportingTechnology or IntegrationDigital infrastructure provider hosting the municipal website and providing technical services.
• ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires)supportingOthersNational agency supporting Bastide study and urban planning projects through Petites Villes de Demain program.
• Club AgalliaominorOthersLocal association providing refreshments and appetizer plates during cultural events at Salle Clarisse Brian-Reclus.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ville d'Eymet: Small bastide commune in Dordogne/Périgord of similar size, offering the same mix of administrative, cultural, and heritage services. Comparable as a near-identical French small-town municipal entity.
• Ville de Monségur: Small bastide town in Gironde with similar demographic profile, historic center, weekly market, and reliance on tourism and agriculture. Provides a directly comparable benchmark for municipal operations in the region.
• Ville de Villeréal: Another small medieval bastide commune in Lot-et-Garonne with comparable population scale (~1,300 residents), heritage-tourism focus, and similar municipal service portfolio. Directly comparable as a like-for-like small French commune.
• Ville de Castillonnès: Small Lot-et-Garonne bastide commune with similar population (~1,500) and identical service-delivery model via delegated utilities and a weekly market. Closely comparable operational structure.

Others

• Berger-Levrault: Major French vendor of municipal management software (civil status, urban planning, finance). Adjacent peer as the underlying technology provider for municipal services similar to those delivered by Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.
• Ciril GROUP: French municipal IT vendor providing finance, HR, and land-use software to communes. Adjacent enabler of the same municipal service model operated by small French communes.

Broad incumbents

• Communauté de communes du Pays Foyen: The intercommunality to which Sainte-Foy-la-Grande belongs. Operates broader services (transport, mobility, France Services) across multiple communes, overlapping with several municipal functions and forming the closest 'parent' governance layer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/commune-de-sainte-foy-la-grande

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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Investments

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