Pays De Gex Agglo
Pays de Gex agglo is a French public intercommunal authority (EPCI) that pools competencies across 27 communes serving 107,091 residents near Geneva, delivering waste, water, transport, early childhood, urban planning, economic development, and cultural services through delegated operators and digital portals.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1996
- HeadquartersGex, France
- Headcount—
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
What Pays De Gex Agglo does
Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays de Gex (operating as Pays de Gex agglo) is a French public intercommunal structure (Établissement Public de Coopération Intercommunale, EPCI) created to pool public service competencies across 27 communes in the Ain department, adjacent to the Swiss canton of Geneva. The institution serves a resident population of 107,091 (as of 31 December 2025) and operates as the statutory territorial authority for waste management, water and sanitation (delegated to Régie des Eaux Gessiennes), public and cross-border transport, early childhood care (12 public crèches operated via a Délégation de Service Public with Léo Lagrange), senior services through its CLIC, urban planning via a PLUiH, economic development (Pays de Gex Entreprises, including a CERN-labeled tech incubator), cultural programming (Fort l'Écluse, Biblios-Unies network of 13 libraries), and management of the Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Haute Chaîne du Jura. Citizen-facing delivery runs through a single-window Maison des Services Publics in Gex, 5 Relais Petite Enfance, and a portfolio of digital portals (paysdegexagglo.fr, mesdechets.paysdegex.fr, regieeauxgessiennes.fr, portail.siea-sig.fr).
Technically, the entity has no proprietary technology product. Its technology footprint consists of civic digital portals built on third-party platforms (Google Tag Manager for analytics, AR24 for dematerialized document transmission, siea-sig.fr for PLUiH submissions) and a WebTV channel. There is no disclosed AI/ML capability, no proprietary model, and no software product portfolio beyond standard municipal service portals.
The revenue model is that of a French agglomeration: local taxation (taxe foncière bâtie/non bâtie, taxe d'habitation, cotisation économique territoriale), exclusive professional taxation (fiscalité professionnelle unique) since 1 January 2017, multi-tier government subsidies (EU/FEDER, French State, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Département de l'Ain, ADEME, France Relance), and a usage-based incentive waste fee (redevance incitative). The general budget comprises one principal budget plus four annex budgets for Economic Activity Zones, the National Nature Reserve, Waste Management and Valorisation, and Inert Waste. Governance rests on a Community Council of 52 councillors representing the 27 communes, with Patrice Dunand elected President on 22 April 2026 and a Bureau of 12 vice-presidents plus one delegated councillor.
Pays De Gex Agglo firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Pays De Gex Agglo
- Legal name
- Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays de Gex
- Website
- https://www.paysdegexagglo.fr
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1996
- Operating status
- Operating
- Short description
- Pays de Gex agglo is a French public intercommunal authority (EPCI) that pools competencies across 27 communes serving 107,091 residents near Geneva, delivering waste, water, transport, early childhood, urban planning, economic development, and cultural services through delegated operators and digital portals.
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Pays De Gex Agglo industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Public Administration Services
- NAICS
- Public Administration (92), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of General Economic Programs (92611)
- SIC
- Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Refuse Systems (4953), Water Supply (4941), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Homeowners Association (HOA) Management (BPAJAHAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Mixed-Use Community Association Management (BPAJAHAF), Public Health Program Grants Management & Administration (HLAJALAC)
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Where Pays De Gex Agglo is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Gex
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Pays De Gex Agglo business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Others
Revenue model
- Local Taxation: The agglo levies the following local taxes: tax on built property (taxe sur le foncier bâti), tax on undeveloped land (taxe sur le foncier non bâti), housing tax (taxe habitation), and territorial economic contribution (cotisation économique territoriale). These are collected from local residents and businesses within the 27 communes.
- Professional Unique Tax (Fiscalité Professionnelle Unique): Since 1 January 2017, the agglo has been the beneficiary of the exclusive professional tax (fiscalité professionnelle unique), collecting all business tax revenues from companies operating within the territory. This replaced the previous shared arrangement.
- Government Subsidies: The agglo receives subsidies from the European Union, the French State, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, and the Ain Departmental Council. Additional funding comes from ADEME, France Relance, and FEDER European regional development funds.
- Incentive Waste Fee (Redevance Incitative): The financing of the specific 'Waste Management and Valorisation' competence is ensured by the incentive waste fee (redevance incitative), a usage-based charge levied on households based on waste production.
- Budget Structure: The general budget comprises one principal budget and four annex budgets: Economic Activity Zones, National Nature Reserve, Waste Management and Valorisation, and Inert Waste. This structure supports ring-fenced financing for distinct public service competences.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Monthly | Family Residential Plot (Terrain Familial Locatif) - Gex |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels8 records
Marketing channels9 records
Pays De Gex Agglo product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Pays de Gex Agglo is a French public intercommunal establishment (Communauté d'Agglomération) that delivers delegated public services on behalf of its 27 member communes in the Ain department. Its core offering encompasses waste collection and valorization, public transport and school transport, drinking water and wastewater, early childhood care via public and delegated crèches, senior services through the CLIC, urban planning via the PLUiH, economic development support through Pays de Gex Entreprises, cultural promotion, and single-window administrative assistance at the Maison des Services Publics.
Product overview
Pays de Gex agglo is an intercommunal public administrative structure (Etablissement Public Intercommunal) that serves as a unified service platform for its 27 member communes. The main citizen services portal (paysdegexagglo.fr) serves as the central hub, providing digital access to administrative procedures and local services. The organization's digital portfolio includes the PLUiH urban planning platform, Pays de Gex Entreprises business support services, the Maison des Services Publics unified service desk, the CLIC senior services coordination center, public transport management, waste management services, early childhood (Petite Enfance) facilities, healthcare services including the Centre de Soins Immédiats, and a WebTV institutional video platform. These modules collectively provide comprehensive citizen services across administrative, economic development, social, environmental, and cultural domains.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Quantifiable outcome
- 107,091 inhabitants as of 31 December 2025, growing at approximately 2.4% per year — one of the highest growth rates in France.
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Companies that use Pays De Gex Agglo
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Pays De Gex Agglo technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
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- No
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Pays De Gex Agglo partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.
- CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)coreCERN's proximity to the Pays de Gex territory is a key economic driver. The forthcoming urban heating network of Ferney-Voltaire (budget €29M) directly exploits waste heat from CERN's LHC (Large Hadron Collider) particle accelerator to serve approximately 20,000 people. CERN is also referenced as a partner in the institutional logos section of the website, indicating a strategic relationship for the innovation-driven economy of the territory.
- Grand GenèvecoreGrand Genève is a cross-border metropolitan structure including Swiss cantons Vaud and Geneva and French border intercommunalities. Pays de Gex agglo participates in Grand Genève for coordinated territorial development at the Geneva basin scale. The agglo's institutional partner logos prominently feature Grand Genève.
- Pôle métropolitain du Genevois françaiscoreThe Metropolitan Pole coordinates actions at the scale of the Genevois français life basin, bringing together French border intercommunalities. Pays de Gex agglo works with this partner on cross-border development issues.
- SIVALOR (Syndicat Intercommunal de VALORISATION)coreSIVALOR is the intercommunal syndicate responsible for waste treatment on the Pays de Gex territory. The agglo delegates the treatment of recyclable and valorizable waste to SIVALOR, which manages sorting, recycling infrastructure, and the déchèteries network.
- Régie des Eaux GessiennescoreThe Régie des Eaux Gessiennes is the public water utility managing drinking water supply and wastewater treatment across the territory. It operates as an autonomous public service with its own governance and public procurement processes.
- SPL TerrinovmajorSociété Publique Locale Terrinov is a public local company implementing the ZAC Ferney Genève Innovation urban development project — a major mixed-use development adjacent to the Geneva border, expected to be a flagship economic hub for the territory.
- SEMOP Pays de Gex énergiesmajorSociété d'Économie Mixte à OPération unique (single-operation mixed-economy company) that exploits the urban heating network of Ferney-Voltaire, using waste heat from CERN's LHC. This public-private structure operates the €29M heating network serving ~20,000 people.
- Régie des Eaux GessiennescoreReferenced in the main footer as a partner site (regieeauxgessiennes.fr). Manages drinking water supply and wastewater treatment across the Pays de Gex territory.
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Haute Chaîne du JuracoreThe National Nature Reserve of the Haute Chaîne du Jura stretches north-south across the Pays de Gex territory. Pays de Gex agglo is the manager (gestionnaire) of this protected natural area, which regulates and preserves rich biodiversity. The reserve is a key partner for environmental education and sustainable tourism.
- Département de l'AincoreThe Ain Department is a key institutional partner, co-funding tourism accommodation aid (€200,000 over 4 years split equally with the agglo) and providing departmental services to citizens. The agglo's institutional partners section prominently features the Department of Ain logo.
- Région Auvergne-Rhône-AlpescoreThe Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region provides subsidies to the agglo and is responsible for school transport (transporting 5,000+ students daily). It is prominently featured in the institutional partners section and funders section.
- Syndicat mixte des Monts-JuramajorThe mixed syndicate operates ski lifts and mountain infrastructure in the Monts Jura area, which is a key winter tourism asset for the Pays de Gex territory. It is referenced as a specialist structure partner.
- Fort L'ÉclusemajorThe Fort L'Écluse heritage site (Léaz) is a major cultural and tourism asset managed as a partner. The agglo provides the site as a venue for concerts, festivals, exhibitions, and events, and runs a competitive tender for private operation of the adventure course. The fort features in the agglo's digital kiosk (Le Kiosque Gessien) and partner quick-access links.
- CESIM (Centre de Soins Immédiats)majorCESIM is an immediate care centre located in Gex, taking charge of patients requiring immediate care, referred by SAMU. It is referenced as a key partner site in the agglo's quick-access footer links, supporting the health competence of the intercommunal structure.
- Office de tourisme intercommunal Pays de Gex et Monts JuracoreThe intercommunal tourist office (with an additional office in Divonne-les-Bains) promotes the territory's tourism offer across four seasons. Pays de Gex agglo co-funds this structure and works with it on tourism development, including the Panini album project for children and the adventure course at Fort L'Écluse.
- Léo Lagrange ( Délégation de Service Public for public crèches)coreLéo Lagrange manages 12 public crèches on the territory via Delegation of Service Public (DSP), representing the primary early childhood care delivery mechanism for the agglo's 2,900+ families with children under 3. This DSP arrangement allows quality childcare service delivery at scale.
- 27 Member CommunescoreThe 27 communes of the Pays de Gex (Cessy, Challex, Chevry, Chézery-Forens, Collonges, Crozet, Divonne-les-Bains, Échenevex, Farges, Ferney-Voltaire, Gex, Grilly, Léaz, Lélex, Mijoux, Ornex, Péron, Pougny, Prévessin-Moëns, Saint-Genis-Pouilly, Saint-Jean-de-Gonville, Sauverny, Segny, Sergy, Thoiry, Vesancy, Versonnex) delegate specific competences to the agglo and are represented by 52 community councillors.
- Biblios-Unies (Bibliothèque network)majorThe Biblios-Unies network brings together 13 municipal libraries/mediathèques across the territory, implementing cultural projects alongside the agglo. It created the literary prize 'Entre Lignes' and the 'Pays aux 1000 passeports' cultural diversity project with interactive terminals in libraries.
Scale indicators10 records
Pays De Gex Agglo competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Annemasse Agglo: Cross-border French agglomeration immediately adjacent to Geneva serving ~95,000 residents across 12 communes. Shares the EPCI governance model, cross-border Franco-Swiss dynamics, and similar competencies (transport, waste, urban planning, economic development). Most direct functional peer.
- Grand Genève: Cross-border metropolitan cooperation structure that explicitly includes Pays de Gex agglo. Operates at a higher territorial scale (Geneva basin + French border) coordinating transport, planning, and economic development across Swiss and French intercommunalities.
- Toulouse Métropole: Large French métropole governing transport, waste, water, urban planning and economic development for ~1 million residents. A larger but functionally parallel EPCI demonstrating the same communauté d'agglomération/métropole governance model.
- Bordeaux Métropole: French métropole governing similar competencies (transport, urban planning, waste, economic development, housing) for ~800,000 residents. Comparable metropolitan governance structure with delegated public services.
- Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole: Innovative French métropole with strong research/university ecosystem (similar to CERN adjacency) operating competencies in transport, urban planning, energy transition, and economic development for ~450,000 residents.
- Strasbourg Eurométropole: Cross-border French métropole at the German border operating the same EPCI/communauté d'agglomération model with similar competencies. Direct functional analog for cross-border governance challenges.
- Clermont Auvergne Métropole: Mid-sized French métropole governing identical public service competencies (transport, waste, water, urban planning, economic development) for ~300,000 residents. Comparable scale and operating model.
- Orléans Métropole: French métropole operating EPCI competencies (transport, waste, urban planning, water, economic development) for ~290,000 residents. Similar in scale and operating model to Pays de Gex agglo.
- Saint-Étienne Métropole: French communauté urbaine/métropole with similar EPCI governance, public service competencies, and economic transition challenges. Comparable on scale (~400,000 residents) and competencies.
Others
- ADEME: French ecological transition agency listed as a financial partner of Pays de Gex agglo. Funds heating network, energy renovation, and waste valorization projects on the territory — an upstream enabling partner rather than a competitor.
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Weaknesses5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
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Frequently asked questions about Pays De Gex Agglo
What does Pays De Gex Agglo do?
Pays de Gex Agglo is a French public intercommunal establishment (Communauté d'Agglomération) that delivers delegated public services on behalf of its 27 member communes in the Ain department. Its core offering encompasses waste collection and valorization, public transport and school transport, drinking water and wastewater, early childhood care via public and delegated crèches, senior services through the CLIC, urban planning via the PLUiH, economic development support through Pays de Gex Entreprises, cultural promotion, and single-window administrative assistance at the Maison des Services Publics.
Is Pays De Gex Agglo a public or private company?
Pays De Gex Agglo is a private company. It is classified as state government owned and is currently operating.
When was Pays De Gex Agglo founded?
Pays De Gex Agglo was founded in 1996.
Where is Pays De Gex Agglo based?
Pays De Gex Agglo is headquartered in Gex, France, in the Europe region.
How does Pays De Gex Agglo make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Local Taxation is the primary driver. The others are professional Unique Tax (Fiscalité Professionnelle Unique), government Subsidies, incentive Waste Fee (Redevance Incitative) and budget Structure.
Who are Pays De Gex Agglo's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Annemasse Agglo, Grand Genève, Toulouse Métropole, Bordeaux Métropole, Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole, Strasbourg Eurométropole, Clermont Auvergne Métropole, Orléans Métropole and Saint-Étienne Métropole. ADEME is listed as an others.
Does Pays De Gex Agglo have an API?
No public API is recorded for Pays De Gex Agglo.
What industry is Pays De Gex Agglo in?
Pays De Gex Agglo's product category is Public Administration Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAJAHAB, Homeowners Association (HOA) Management, with a secondary code of BPAJAHAF, Mixed-Use Community Association Management. Its NAICS code is 92 and its SIC code is 7340.