COMMUNE DE SOORTS HOSSEGOR

What COMMUNE DE SOORTS HOSSEGOR does

Soorts-Hossegor is a coastal commune (municipal government entity) located in the Landes department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, governed by Mayor Olivier Bégué. It administers local public services for residents, businesses, and seasonal visitors, including administrative state services (civil status, identity documents, elections), public safety (municipal police, beach surveillance), waste management, urban planning, family services (childcare, schools), senior care (EHPAD), cultural programming, and tourism promotion. The commune is internationally recognized as a premier European surf destination, hosting events such as the Quiksilver Festival and major European surf competitions, and benefits from both an Atlantic ocean beach and an inland marine lake.

The commune's core digital offering is its official municipal website (soorts-hossegor.fr), built on standard HTML5/CSS/JavaScript with responsive design, functioning as a citizen services portal that integrates approximately 50+ online services organized by user profile (residents, tourists, families, businesses, seniors, associations, youth). Sub-products include an interactive city map, SMS alert system, family portal for childcare and extracurricular services, online civil status and urban planning permit applications, real-time beach/ocean information with live webcams, local weather display, associations directory, events calendar, and a digital municipal magazine (SH Actus). The website is partially RGAA 4.1 AA-compliant at 78.69%.

The commune operates as a public administration under APE code 8411Z, generating revenue primarily through local taxes (taxe d'habitation, foncier bâti/non bâti), business taxes (CFE, CVAE), tourist tax (taxe de séjour), parking fees, market stall rentals, and venue rentals. It collaborates through intercommunal structures including MACS (intercommunality for shared services), CIAS (social action), and SITCOM (tourism promotion), and maintains a sister-city relationship with Taiarapu-Ouest in French Polynesia.

Name

COMMUNE DE SOORTS HOSSEGOR

Legal name

Mairie de Soorts-Hossegor

Website

https://soorts-hossegor.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Soorts-Hossegor is a French coastal commune in Landes that delivers local public administration, tourism promotion, and family/social services to residents and seasonal visitors, supported by a digital municipal portal spanning administrative, beach, cultural, and event information services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114)

SIC

Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Housing Policy, Standards & Fair Housing Enforcement (BPAIANAG)

Keywords

• Municipal public administration
• Civil status services
• Urban planning permits
• Beach information services
• Tourism office services

Headquarters

HQ city

Soorts-Hossegor

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Local taxes and fiscal revenue: The municipality generates revenue primarily through local taxes (taxe d'habitation, foncier bâti, foncier non bâti) paid by residents and businesses, as well as business taxes (CFE, CVAE)

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Commune de Soorts-Hossegor is a French municipal government entity providing local public administration services to residents, businesses, and visitors. Its core offering spans administrative services (civil status records, identity documents, elections), urban planning permits, family and youth services, public safety (municipal police, beach surveillance), waste management, cultural and sports programming, and tourism promotion.

Product overview

The Commune de Soorts-Hossegor operates a comprehensive municipal digital services platform centered around its official website (soorts-hossegor.fr). The core offering is a unified citizen services portal that integrates multiple sub-products including an interactive map, SMS alert system, family services portal, online administrative services (civil status acts, urban planning permits), beach/ocean information with live webcams, weather data, an associations directory, and an events calendar. The platform also publishes the municipal magazine SH Actus. The municipal website serves as the primary digital interface between the local government and citizens, offering approximately 50+ distinct online services organized by user profiles (residents, tourists, families, businesses, seniors, associations, youth).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Internet Municipal de Soorts-Hossegor The official municipal website portal providing citizens access to administrative services, local news, events calendar, associations directory, beach and lake information, and municipal governance documents.
• Carte Interactive de Soorts-Hossegor Interactive map service allowing citizens and visitors to explore points of interest, commerce, walking routes, mobility options, activities, and practical information across the municipality.
• Alertes SMS Municipales Free SMS alert service enabling citizens to receive the latest municipal news and updates directly on their mobile phones.
• Portail Famille Online portal for families to manage childcare, early childhood services, schools, extracurricular activities, and youth services.
• Services d'État Civil en Ligne Digital administrative services enabling online requests for civil status acts including birth, marriage, and death certificates.
• Demandes d'Urbanisme en Ligne Online urban planning permit submission system for residents requesting construction, renovation, or development approvals.
• Infos Plages et Océan Beach information portal providing real-time beach conditions, tide schedules, water quality reports, surveillance information, accessibility details, and live ocean webcams.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor, core and cultural.

• MACS (Méca-Atlantique Côte Sud)majorOthersMACS is the intercommunality (structure intercommunale) that brings together multiple communes in the southern Landes region for shared services including waste management, public transport, and economic development.
• CIAS (Centre Intercommunal d'Action Sociale)majorOthersIntercommunal social action center providing coordinated social services across multiple communes including senior care, family support, and community assistance programs.
• SITCOMminorOthersIntercommunal tourism committee coordinating tourism promotion and visitor services across the region.
• Office de tourisme de Soorts-HossegorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe tourism office exists since 1934 and works to increase the attractiveness of the commune and promote animation and events related to tourism development. The municipality partners with the office for visitor information services.
• Taiarapu-Ouest (French Polynesia)culturalStrategic or Co-development PartnerJumelage (twin town) partnership established to develop cultural, educational, and human connections between the two territories. The Comité de jumelage SH-TO association was created in September 2025 to facilitate broader citizen participation.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Commune de Lacanau: Atlantic surf destination in Gironde with a similar tourism-driven municipal profile, beach/lake amenities, and small-permanent-population-but-seasonal-visitor structure.
• Commune de Biscarrosse: Landes coastal commune with both ocean beach and lake, mirroring Soorts-Hossegor's lake-and-ocean product offering and surf/tourism economic base.
• Commune de Mimizan: Landes coastal commune with comparable forest/beach tourism mix, surf heritage, and municipal service breadth targeting both residents and seasonal visitors.
• Commune de Seignosse: Adjacent Landes commune and MACS member with a closely aligned surf-and-beach identity. Comparable population scale, seasonal tourism dynamics, and reliance on inter-municipal cooperation.
• Commune de Biarritz: Coastal commune in the French Basque Country with a comparable mix of beach tourism, surf heritage, cultural programming, and municipal services to residents and visitors. Same administrative scale and tourism-driven economic model.
• Commune de Capbreton: Neighboring commune within MACS intercommunality, sharing services (waste, transport, tourism) with Soorts-Hossegor. Similar coastal profile, beach/surf economy, and small-municipality service portfolio.

Regional players

• Commune d'Hendaye: Basque coastal commune with beach tourism and similar municipal governance profile, operating in a different intercommunality but comparable in service portfolio.
• Commune de Dax: Landes thermal/tourism commune with a comparable municipal service portfolio and similar reliance on tourism-driven local taxation, operating at a larger scale.
• Commune de Mont-de-Marsan: Landes departmental prefecture providing a broader reference point for municipal administration in the same department, though lacking Soorts-Hossegor's coastal/surf focus.
• Commune de Saint-Jean-de-Luz: French Basque coastal commune with strong heritage/tourism identity and similar municipal service breadth, but distinct cultural profile and larger scale than Soorts-Hossegor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCp6Ega9qrLHDuVdayDJE-fw
• Facebookfacebook.com/villedesoortshossegor
• Instagraminstagram.com/villedesoortshossegor/?hl=fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/commune-de-soorts-hossegor

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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