Sud Messin

What Sud Messin does

CC Sud Messin (Communauté de Communes du Sud Messin) is a French public intercommunal body (Établissement Public de Coopération Intercommunale, EPCI) created on January 1, 2014 through the merger of three predecessor intercommunal structures: the ex-CC d'Accueil de l'Aéroport Régional de Lorraine, ex-CC de Rémilly et Environs, and ex-CC du Vernois. It serves 34 communes in the southern part of the Moselle department (Grand Est region) with a resident population of approximately 16,826 (INSEE, January 2021) over a 250 km² territory. The organization is governed by a 51-member Community Council; Stéphane Nicolas (Mayor of Sailly-Achâtel) was elected President on April 8, 2026, supported by a Bureau of 8 vice-presidents and 3 delegate councilors. Headcount stands at approximately 50 staff distributed across the headquarters in Goin and decentralized service sites.

The organization's core service portfolio spans waste management (weekly household collection, bi-weekly recyclables, two déchèteries, 92 glass drop-off points, and an incentive-based REOM waste fee since January 2018), urban planning instruction via the Geosphere online portal, mobility services (carpooling via BlaBlaCar Daily, a 22-space standardized carpool area near Solgne, Mobilité Solidaire through Familles Rurales, and AOM authority since July 2021), very high-speed fiber broadband delivered through the Moselle Fibre syndicate (~€3M+ CC contribution), digital literacy training, two Maisons France Services offices (Verny, Rémilly), nine peri-extrascolaire childcare sites, the Relais Petite Enfance (RPE), SPANC sanitation control, housing renovation advice via ALEC under a 2025-2029 France Renov' pact with ANAH, and 258 km of marked hiking trails plus a 25 km VTT circuit. Proprietary digital assets include the Ecocito citizen waste portal, Geosphere urbanism filing, and a GIS-enabled interactive waste infrastructure map.

CC Sud Messin is financed through a fiscal regime combining Fiscalité Additionnelle (household taxes: Taxe d'Habitation, Foncier Bâti, Foncier Non Bâti) and Fiscalité Professionnelle Unique (CFE business tax), the volume-based REOM waste fee with progressive lift-based surcharges, peri-extrascolaire enrollment fees, SPANC inspection fees, and grants from the État (including Dotation Globale de Fonctionnement), Conseil Départemental de la Moselle, Région Grand Est, CAF, and ANAH. Service delivery relies on a multi-channel model combining physical service points, online self-service portals, door-to-door collection, and remote assistance, with no commercial sales motion or private equity involvement.

Name

Sud Messin

Legal name

CC Sud Messin

Website

https://sudmessin.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CC Sud Messin is a French public intercommunal authority serving 34 communes and approximately 16,826 residents in the Moselle department, delivering shared municipal services including waste management, urban planning, mobility, fiber broadband, childcare, and administrative support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Goin

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Household taxes (Fiscalité Additionnelle): Levied on household properties: Taxe d'Habitation, Taxe sur le Foncier Bâti, Taxe sur le Foncier Non Bâti. Rates set annually by the Community Council.
2. Business tax (Cotisation Foncière des Entreprises — CFE): Professional property tax collected from businesses operating within the territory, part of the Fiscalité Professionnelle Unique regime.
3. Redevance d'Enlèvement des Ordures Ménagères (REOM) — volume-based waste fee: Incentive-based waste collection fee. Since January 2018, the fee is structured by number of lifts: 12 annual lifts included; extra lifts are charged (1 EUR per lift for lifts 13–26, 2 EUR for 27–39, 4 EUR for 40–52). Bin rental is charged per size (360L at 9 EUR/week, 660L at 17 EUR/week).
4. Periscolaire (childcare) enrollment fees: Fees paid by families for before/after-school childcare services at 9 facilities across the territory. Revenue is ring-fenced for financing the childcare service.
5. SPANC — Assainissement Non Collectif (non-collective sanitation) control fees: Fees collected for mandatory inspections of individual sanitation systems. Applied directly by CC Sud Messin for 16 communes and delegated to SMASA for 18 communes.
6. Subsidies and grants: Various subsidies from national government (Etat), Conseil Départemental de la Moselle, Région Grand Est, CAF, and other bodies for specific programs (housing renovation, mobility, digital, etc.).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sud Messin (Communauté de Communes du Sud Messin) is a French public intercommunal cooperation body that delivers shared public services to 34 communes in the southern part of the Moselle department. It manages household-waste collection and recycling, operates the T'MM public transport network, deploys the public-initiative fiber optic (Très Haut Débit) network, runs early-childhood and youth facilities, supports urban planning via the PLUI, and provides administrative support through France Services.

Product overview

Sud Messin is a Communauté de Communes (intercommunal public administrative body) serving 34 communes with approximately 16,826 inhabitants in the Moselle department of France. The organization provides a comprehensive portfolio of public services organized around several core domains: waste management (gestion des déchets) including household collection, recycling, and déchèteries; urban planning and building permits; mobility services as an Authority for Mobility Organization (AOM); very high-speed fiber optic infrastructure deployment; digital literacy support; France Services administrative assistance offices; early childhood care (Relais Petite Enfance); peri-extrascolar childcare at 9 locations; hiking and cycling trail networks; sanitation control; and housing renovation advisory. The services are delivered through a combination of direct community operations, partner organizations (Moselle Fibre, BlaBlaCar Daily, Familles Rurales, ALEC), and delegated service providers, with 2 déchèteries, 2 France Services offices, and various online platforms for service access.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Household-waste collection, sorting and recycling (Collecte et tri des déchets) Intercommunal household-waste service for residents of the 34 Sud Messin communes, providing regular collection, sorting instructions, and access to several recycling centers (déchèteries).
• T'MM public transport network (Le réseau T'MM) Public mobility service including regular bus lines, on-demand transport, and school transport for residents, commuters, and schoolchildren across the Sud Messin territory.
• Très Haut Débit public-initiative fiber network (Réseau fibre THD) High-speed fiber optic internet service delivered via the public-initiative network, available to households and businesses in member communes through subscribed retail operators.
• Intercommunal Urban Planning (PLUI - Plan Local d'Urbanisme Intercommunal) Regulatory land-use and zoning framework covering the entire Sud Messin territory, providing unified urban-planning rules for housing, business zones, agriculture, and natural areas.
• Early-childhood and youth facilities (Petite Enfance / Enfance Jeunesse) Community childcare and youth services for families living in the Sud Messin communes, including multi-accueil daycare, périscolaire, ALSH activity centers, and youth information points (PIJ).
• France Services administrative assistance (France Services) Multi-operator administrative assistance desks helping residents navigate procedures from CAF, CPAM, Pôle Emploi, MSA, CARSAT, and other public agencies, available at designated locations in the territory.
• Economic development zones (Zones d'Activités Économiques) Served business zones offering plots and premises for companies wishing to set up in the Sud Messin territory, managed as part of the intercommunality's economic-development mandate.
• Tourisme en Sud Messin (Tourism office and services) Tourism promotion and visitor information service covering the Sud Messin territory, including walking/hiking trails, local events, and visitor guides.
• Contrat Local de Santé (Local Health Contract) Intercommunal health program coordinating local health actors to improve access to care and run prevention initiatives for residents of the Sud Messin territory.
• Habitat, Gens du Voyage, PCAET and GEMAPI environmental programs Territory-level policy and operational programs covering housing, facilities for travelling communities, the Climate-Air-Energy Plan, and watercourse / flood-risk management (GEMAPI).
• Mag Mosaïque - territory communication magazine Periodic print and digital magazine providing residents with news on Sud Messin services, projects, and events.

Quantifiable outcome

• Population grew by +872 inhabitants between 2015 and 2021, demonstrating sustained demographic attractiveness of the territory
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BlaBlaCar DailycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSince September 2023 (renewed September 2025), CC Sud Messin partners with BlaBlaCar Daily to incentivize everyday carpooling. The CC subsidizes driver earnings (1.5–3 EUR/passenger/trip) and passenger costs (0.50 EUR/trip for passengers). The CC covers the gap, partially funded by the national Fonds Vert. This is a key mobility initiative for the Authority of Mobility (AOM) mandate.
• Fédération Départementale Familles Rurales de MosellecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe CC partners with the FD FDR Moselle to operate the Mobilité Solidaire service — a solidarity mobility program for isolated residents using volunteer drivers. The FD FDR manages trip scheduling, volunteer coordination, and reimburses drivers at 0.45 EUR/km while charging beneficiaries 0.32 EUR/km. In 2022, 847 trips and 39,844 km were completed serving 21 families with 12 volunteer drivers.
• Association Familles RuralescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAssociation Familles Rurales (and its Crechendo branch) manages most of the 9 péri-extrascolaire childcare facilities on behalf of CC Sud Messin at Cheminot, Louvigny, Pournoy-la-Grasse, Solgne, Sillegny, Pouilly-Fleury, and Verny. The CC provides funding and oversight; Familles Rurales provides operational staff and management.
• Moselle Fibre (Syndicat Mixte)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCC Sud Messin is a member of Moselle Fibre, a mixed public syndicate (syndicat mixte) grouping multiple intercommunalities and the Conseil Départemental de la Moselle. Moselle Fibre is responsible for the deployment of very high-speed fiber across the territory. The CC's financial contribution is approximately 400 EUR per connection point, estimated at a minimum of 3 million EUR total. Four NRO zones (Solgne, Rémilly, Louvigny, Pournoy-la-Grasse) cover the Sud Messin territory.
• Moselle NumériquecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMoselle Numérique is the commercial subsidiary of Orange responsible for operating and marketing the Moselle Fibre public fiber network. As an open-access wholesale network, Moselle Numérique sells fiber connections to any internet service provider (FAI) who wishes to serve end customers. All residents and businesses on the Sud Messin territory can subscribe to fiber via this channel.
• Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires (ANCT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANCT provided personalized support to CC Sud Messin in developing its Plan de Mobilité Simplifié (simplified mobility plan), including a multi-thematic mobility study launched in January 2023 and conducted by consultancy INDDIGO.
• INDDIGO (consultancy)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering and consultancy firm INDDIGO was commissioned to conduct the mobility diagnostic (January–April 2023), define strategic challenges (Phase 2), develop the mobility strategy and action plan (Phase 3), and draft the final simplified mobility plan (Phases 4–6, through 2025).
• ALEC (Agence Locale de l'Énergie et du Climat) du Pays MessincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCC Sud Messin partners with ALEC du Pays Messin to operate the Pacte Territorial France Rénov' (2025–2029), providing free housing renovation advice through France Rénov' advisors. The program addresses four key challenges: improving residential energy performance, rehabilitating vacant housing, supporting elderly residents to stay at home, and enhancing territorial attractiveness. ALEC provides qualified counselors reachable at 03 87 50 82 21.
• Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre (FFRP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCC Sud Messin partnered with FFRP to design and signpost 258 km of marked hiking trails across the territory (13 loops of 152 km plus 106 km of connecting paths). The FFRP was responsible for the complete marking (balisage) of all circuits, completed in summer 2023.
• SCoTAM (Schéma de Cohérence Territoriale de l'Aire Messine)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCoTAM was consulted on CC Sud Messin's Plan de Mobilité Simplifié as the territorial coherence planning body for the Metz metropolitan area. SCoTAM representatives participated in the steering committee (COPIL) on June 3, 2024.
• HAGANISminorOthersHAGANIS is the waste management company (subsidiary of Idex/Nicollin group) that incinerates the majority of household waste collected from the Sud Messin territory. The remainder is sent to the SITA landfill at Téting-sur-Nied.
• France Services (national network)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCC Sud Messin operates two certified Maison France Services (part of the national France Services network backed by the French state). These hubs provide access to national public services (Ministry of Interior, Justice, Finance, France Travail, CAF, MSA, etc.) with two trained agents per site.
• SMASA (Syndicat Mixte d'Assainissement de la Seille Aval)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSMASA exercises the SPANC (non-collective sanitation) competence on behalf of CC Sud Messin for 18 of the 34 communes (delegated management). The CC directly exercises this competence for the remaining 16 communes.
• Le Fort Wagner associationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation Les Amis du Fort Wagner is a local heritage association. CC Sud Messin promotes the Fort Wagner site (WWII military heritage, Sixtine de la Seille) in its tourism guide and maintains a partnership for heritage preservation and tourist promotion.
• Sixtine de la SeilleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Sixtine de la Seille is a cultural heritage site promoted by CC Sud Messin's tourism program. Listed in the tourist guide alongside Fort Wagner, the site is managed by a dedicated association and forms part of the Sud Messin heritage trail.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Metz Métropole: The much larger metropolitan authority neighboring Sud Messin. While operating the same EPCI legal framework, it serves the Metz urban core and offers a wider portfolio (urban transport, large-scale economic development, higher education) that competes with Sud Messin for residents and businesses.

Direct peers

• Communauté de Communes Rives de Moselle: Neighboring French intercommunal authority in the Moselle department, serving a comparable peri-urban territory with similar waste, mobility, and economic development mandates. Same institutional category (EPCI) and overlapping service portfolio make it a direct functional peer.
• Communauté de Communes du Pays Orne Moselle: Intercommunal authority in the Orne valley of Moselle, with comparable population size, industrial heritage, and shared waste/mobility/childcare mandates. Directly comparable on service mix and territorial scale.
• Communauté de Communes de la Houve et du Pays Boulageois: Eastern Moselle intercommunal authority of similar size and rural/industrial profile. Operates analogous services including waste collection, déchèteries, peri-extrascolaire childcare, and broadband initiatives through departmental syndicates.
• Communauté de Communes du Pays de Bitche: Intercommunal authority in eastern Moselle with comparable rural/peri-urban character, similar waste and mobility mandates, and overlapping reliance on departmental and regional co-financing mechanisms.

Regional players

• Communauté de Communes du Val de Fensch: Moselle intercommunal authority in the Fensch valley with industrial heritage and comparable service mandates. Operates similar déchèterie networks, mobility programs, and childcare facilities, though with denser population.
• Communauté de Communes du Pays de Phalsbourg: Northern Moselle intercommunal authority with similar size and competencies. Comparable institutional profile though operating in a different sub-region with distinct demographic and economic dynamics.
• Communauté de Communes du Pays de Saverne: Grand Est intercommunal authority of comparable scale and service portfolio. Similar reliance on tax/fee funding mix and departmental broadband syndicates, though operating in the Bas-Rhin/Alsace side of the Grand Est region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles9 records

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