Département de la Savoie

What Département de la Savoie does

The Département de la Savoie is a French territorial collectivity (collectivité territoriale) headquartered in the Château des ducs de Savoie in Chambéry, founded in 1860 when the Savoy region was annexed by France. It operates as a local government entity governed by an elected departmental council of 38 councillors across 19 cantons, with Hervé Gaymard serving as President. The department exercises mandated public competencies including social action (childhood, family, elderly, disability, housing, integration), management of departmental roads and college infrastructure, environmental protection, cultural services (libraries, archives, museums), school transport, and emergency services (firefighters). It is structured around 7 territorial subdivisions and employs approximately 2,500 agents across more than 150 professions.

Its digital footprint spans multiple specialized platforms — savoie.fr (main portal), mdph.savoie.fr (disability services), opendata.savoie.fr (open data), culture.savoie.fr, estivales.savoie.fr, fetedesalpes.savoie.fr, and the MarcowebAWS public-procurement platform — alongside citizen-engagement channels including the printed Savoie Mag, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, and an RCF radio podcast partnership. The department operates as a tax-funded public entity with a 2026 budget of €724 million; it does not sell products or services commercially, and most offerings are free or subsidized to citizens.

The business model is structural to French public administration: revenue derives from local direct taxes (contributions directes), state allocations, and departmental revenues, with expenses directed toward statutory service delivery and voluntary policies in youth, higher education, environment, and mountain tourism. The customer base is the entire resident population of the Savoie department (Savoyards), reached through both physical offices and digital channels. Key partnerships include a 2004 concession with VINCI Airports for Chambéry airport, the historic partnership with the Fédération musicale de Savoie (11,000 amateur musicians across 134 associations), the cross-departmental 'La REF' digital library label, and an RCF radio media partnership. The entity has no commercial subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity.

Name

Département de la Savoie

Legal name

Département de la Savoie

Website

https://savoie.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1860

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Département de la Savoie is a French territorial collectivity headquartered in Chambéry that delivers statutory public services — social action, roads, colleges, culture, environment, and emergency response — to the residents of the Savoie department, funded by a €724 million 2026 budget.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Administration

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Other General Government Support (921190), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

District Administration & Central Office (EDAJAAAA)

Keywords

• Local government services
• Public administration
• Social services
• Territorial development
• Public infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Chambéry

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tax-funded public budget: As a French departmental collectivity, the Département de la Savoie is funded primarily through local taxes (contributions directes), state allocations, and departmental revenues. The 2026 budget is 724 million euros.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Département de la Savoie is a French territorial collectivity that delivers statutory public administration services to citizens across the Savoie department. Its core offerings cover social action and solidarity (childhood, family, elderly, disabled persons, housing, integration), territorial development (departmental roads, communal equipment, school transport), environmental management (water, landscapes), college education, cultural services (libraries, archives, museums), sport and leisure, and emergency services including firefighter operations.

Product overview

The Département de la Savoie is a French local government collection that operates as a public administration, not a technology product company. Its online presence consists of multiple public-facing websites delivering government services to citizens. Key digital properties include: savoie.fr (main institutional portal), mdph.savoie.fr (disability services), opendata.savoie.fr (open data), fetedesalpes.savoie.fr (cultural events), teh.savoie.fr (territorial education), culture.savoie.fr (cultural services), and estivales.savoie.fr (summer events). Services provided span social solidarity (childcare, family, elderly, disabled persons, integration, housing), infrastructure and roads, environmental management, education (middle schools, school transport), culture and sports, and emergency services (fire department).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social action and solidarity services
• Departmental road infrastructure
• College education management
• School transport service
• Cultural services and heritage Public libraries, departmental archives, heritage museums (Musées de Savoie), cultural events including the Estivales en Savoie festival and Fête des Alpes, as well as the 'La REF' digital library service.
• Disability compensation services (PCH) Prestation de Compensation du Handicap (disability compensation benefit) administered through the MDPH platform, providing financial support for disabled persons in Savoie.
• Foster family recruitment (assistant familial) Recruitment and support for assistant familial (foster families) providing childcare services as part of childhood protection services.
• Environmental management services Water management, landscape preservation, drought vigilance, and biodiversity initiatives across the Savoie department, including the Observatoire grand chantier Lyon-Turin monitoring program.
• Public procurement platform (MarcowebAWS) Dematerialized platform for publishing departmental public procurement notices and consultation documents accessible to bidders and suppliers.
• Open data platform (opendata.savoie.fr) Open data portal publishing departmental datasets for transparency and reuse by citizens, researchers, and developers.
• Carpooling and mobility incentives (OKAY Savoie card) OKAY Savoie carpooling incentive program providing advantages to drivers and passengers using carpooling in the department.
• Emergency and fire services (SDIS) Departmental firefighter and emergency response services (Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours) for the protection of persons and property across Savoie.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VINCI AirportscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2004In 2004, the Savoie department granted VINCI Airports the concession for operating, managing, and developing Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc airport. This public-private partnership was the second of its kind in France and served as a model for other regional airports.
• Savoie et Haute-Savoie BibliocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the 'La REF' digital library service targeting youth aged 10-17 from both Savoie and Haute-Savoie departments. Supported by the Ministry of Culture as part of the Bibliothèque numérique de référence label obtained in April 2022.
• Fédération musicale de Savoie (FMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe department is a historic partner of the Fédération musicale de Savoie, which federates over 11,000 amateur musicians across 134 associations. The department sponsors cultural events including the Estivales en Savoie festival.
• RCF (Radio/Cheminin)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with RCF radio for the production and broadcast of 'La Savoie aux couleurs du monde' podcast series, featuring content about departmental services, culture, and initiatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Département des Alpes-Maritimes: Mountainous Mediterranean department facing similar climate, tourism, and infrastructure pressures. Operates the same statutory framework of departmental competencies, useful for peer benchmarking.
• Département de la Haute-Savoie: Neighboring Alpine department with the same legal status, competencies, and tax-funded service model. Already co-operates with Savoie on the 'La REF' digital library, making it the most direct structural and operational peer.
• Département de la Drôme: Adjacent Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes department with shared geographic and economic characteristics. Operates identical statutory competencies, making it a structural peer for benchmarking service delivery.
• Département de la Loire: Mid-sized French department with a comparable population and budget tier, exercising the same legal competencies in social action, education, infrastructure, and culture.
• Département de l'Isère: Another large Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes department with comparable population, mountainous/urban mix, and competencies including colleges, roads, and social action. Shares the same regional prefectural and fiscal framework as Savoie.
• Département de l'Ain: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes department with a similar mix of rural, mountain, and peri-urban territories. Operates the same statutory competencies under the French departmental framework, including colleges and roads.
• Département de la Haute-Garonne: Large French department combining metropolitan Toulouse with rural territory, exercising identical statutory competencies. Comparable in fiscal scale and demographic mix to Savoie.
• Département du Rhône: Same regional tier of French departmental collectivity with overlapping social, education, and infrastructure mandates. Larger urban base but directly comparable in institutional structure and statutory competencies.
• Département des Hautes-Alpes: Mountainous Alpine department of comparable scale, with very similar demographic and climatic profile. Faces the same road maintenance, tourism, and rural-solidarity challenges as Savoie.
• Département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Southwestern mountain-and-coast department with similar rural/tourism dynamics, statutory competencies, and budget tier. Operates under the same departmental legal framework as Savoie.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UClz8i0_jW2wI3bBVE7vZuGg
• Facebookfacebook.com/SavoieDepartement
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/savoieledepartement
• Instagraminstagram.com/savoieledepartement

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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