Vendargues

What Vendargues does

Vendargues (legal name: Mairie Vendargues; also operating as Ville de Vendargues and Commune de Vendargues) is a French municipal government entity — a commune in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region in southern France, near Montpellier. It functions as a local public authority under the French municipal code, delivering administrative and civic services to its resident population. Core service areas include civil status registration, electoral administration, urban planning (Plan Local d'Urbanisme), public education (five public schools — École Andrée Cosso, École de la Ribambelle, École les Asphodèles, École les Garrigues, plus École Saint-Joseph as the private school — along with a municipal crèche, school canteen, and ALSH/LAEP programs), sports facilities, cultural services (Bibliothèque Jean d'Ormesson and the Tamarou cultural center), social services through the CCAS, municipal police, environmental management, and waste collection. The current mayor is Guy LAURET.

The entity is a member of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, a 31-commune inter-municipal cooperation structure that delivers metropolitan-level services including public transport (Bustram), economic development, waste management, and shared digital infrastructure. Vendargues is governed by an elected mayor and municipal council, with deputy mayors holding functional delegations across culture, sports, solidarity, rurality, education, communication (including an "Artificial Intelligence" portfolio), youth and finance, and security/economic development. Service delivery is hybrid: citizens transact at a physical town hall service desk (7 Place de la Mairie, 34740 Vendargues), through a Métropole-managed e-services portal, via online school canteen booking, and through direct facility rentals.

Municipal funding derives from local taxes (property tax, housing tax), state allocations, inter-municipal transfers, and fee-based services for certain amenities. Vendargues employs 46 people and operates no commercial products, has no patents, has not raised external funding, and conducts no M&A activity. Citizen engagement occurs via the official website vendargues.fr, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and a printed Municipal Bulletin.

Name

Vendargues

Legal name

Mairie Vendargues

Website

https://vendargues.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Vendargues (Mairie Vendargues) is a French municipal government entity — a commune in Hérault, Occitanie — delivering local administrative, educational, social, cultural, sporting, and security services to its residents. It operates as part of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole (31 communes).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Other General Government Support (92119), Public Administration (92)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Education Authorities & Municipal Education Offices (EDADABAD), Public Works Departments (Streets, Bridges, Stormwater, Fleet, Maintenance) (BPAIALAD)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Civic services
• Local government
• Community services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vendargues

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. Local taxation: Revenue generated from local taxes including property tax (taxe foncière), housing tax (taxe d'habitation), and other local levies collected by the commune.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mairie Vendargues is the municipal government of the Vendargues commune in the Hérault department of southern France, providing public administration and local services to its residents. It delivers civil status and administrative procedures, public education through municipal schools and daycare, sports and cultural facilities, social services via the CCAS, municipal police and risk prevention, urban planning (PLU), and environmental management. The commune participates in the intercommunal Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole for metropolitan-level services.

Product overview

Vendargues is a municipal government entity (Mairie de Vendargues) in France, not a technology company. Its website serves as an official municipal portal providing administrative services, civic information, and local government resources to residents. The services offered are governmental in nature (civil status, education, sports facilities, cultural services, urban planning, security, social services) rather than commercial technology products or services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal Civil Status and Administrative Services (État Civil)
• Municipal Public Schools (Écoles publiques)
• Municipal Crèche (Crèche Municipale) and Early Childhood Services
• School Canteen (Cantine Scolaire)
• Municipal Sports Facilities (Équipements sportifs)
• Municipal Library and Cultural Center (Bibliothèque Jean d'Ormesson, Tamarou)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Montpellier Méditerranée MétropolecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-municipal cooperation entity comprising 31 communes. Handles metropolitan-level services including public transport (Bustram), economic development, waste management, and metropolitan planning. Vendargues participates in joint initiatives including Bus du Savoir educational transport and shared digital services.
• Chambre d'Agriculture de l'HéraultminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural chamber partnership for the Producers' Market (Marché des Producteurs), supporting local farmers and promoting regional agricultural products in Vendargues.
• Réseau Bienvenue à la FermeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the farm welcome network for farmers' market events, promoting local agricultural products directly from producers to consumers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Castelnau-le-Lez: Neighboring commune within Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Directly comparable as a same-métropole municipality delivering the same shared e-services and metropolitan transport, but with a different demographic and fiscal profile.
• Le Crès: Adjacent commune in the same Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Comparable in service delivery model and shared Métropole dependencies, similar suburban character.
• Baillargues: Neighboring commune in Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Operates the same shared metropolitan services model and faces identical structural constraints, making it a close functional peer.
• Jacou: Neighboring commune in the same Métropole. Comparable in scale, service scope, and dependence on shared Métropole digital and transport infrastructure.
• Clapiers: Adjacent commune in Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole with a similar suburban profile and identical Métropole-wide service delivery model.
• Saint-Aunès: Neighboring commune in Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Comparable in scale, fiscal structure, and shared Métropole e-services dependence.

Others

• Berger-Levrault: Major French vendor of software and digital services to local governments, including communes. Comparable as an enabler of the same municipal administrative services platform Vendargues relies on.
• Ciril GROUP: French publisher of municipal and public-sector software (finance, HR, civil registry). Comparable as a vendor enabling the back-office municipal administration operations described in Vendargues's service portfolio.
• JVS-Mairistem: French municipal software vendor specializing in communes. Comparable as a supplier of the administrative and civil-status IT tools used by French communes of Vendargues's size.
• Docaposte (La Poste Group): Digital trust and e-government services arm of La Poste, providing e-services platforms for French municipalities. Comparable as a potential infrastructure provider behind commune-level digital services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xfacebook.com/villedevendargues
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@villedevendargues
• Facebookfacebook.com/villedevendargues
• Instagraminstagram.com/villedevendargues

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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