Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer

What Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer does

The Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer is a French public intercommunal cooperation structure (établissement public de coopération intercommunale, EPCI) established in 2009, bringing together 31 communes in the Boulonnais region of Pas-de-Calais in northern France. It functions as a local government administrative body responsible for delivering intermunicipal public services across its territory, with statutory competencies spanning environmental management, early childhood education and childcare, urban planning and development, mobility services, tourism promotion, and economic development support.

The entity operates through a network of service facilities and operational units. These include the Maisons de l'Intercommunalité et des Projets de Territoire (MIPT) — with a flagship office opened in Samer in 2017 — providing residents with access to administrative services and territorial project support, alongside the Desvres headquarters. It also runs economic development infrastructure including a Bâtiment Relais business incubator and the Village des Métiers d'Art (opened 2010), an arts-and-crafts business cluster. Public service facilities under its management include a multi-communal aquatic center, nursery/childcare facilities, and a portage de repas (home meal delivery) service for elderly residents. Its outward-facing presence is delivered through a WordPress-based public website.

Funding derives primarily from municipal tax levies on the territorial population, state and regional transfers under French intercommunal finance law, and user fees for specific services such as childcare, the aquatic center, and meal delivery. The structure employs between 51 and 100 staff. There is no disclosed venture funding, equity issuance, or capital markets involvement — all financial flows are public sector budgets governed by French administrative law and intercommunal cooperation statutes, with no exposure to growth-capital dynamics.

Name

Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer

Legal name

Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer

Website

https://cc-desvressamer.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer is a French public intercommunal structure established in 2009 that delivers administrative and public services — including childcare, urban planning, mobility, tourism, and economic development — to the 31 communes of the Boulonnais region in Pas-de-Calais.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Desvres

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer is a public intercommunal authority that pools shared local-government services for 31 communes in the Boulonnais area. It operates early-childhood and parent services, home-delivered meals for older and vulnerable residents, MIPT citizen-service centers, an aquatic center, business-incubation and rental-workspace facilities, and community information channels.

Product overview

Communauté de Communes de Desvres-Samer is an intercommunity local government organization serving 31 communes in the Boulogne-sur-Mer area of northern France. The organization operates a diverse portfolio of public services organized into several divisions: an economic development arm managing business incubators (Village des Métiers d'Art) and rental business premises (Bâtiments Relais in Longfossé and Alincthun); community facilities including Centre aquatique Naturéo aquatic center; public service centers labeled France Services (MIPT) in Desvres and Samer providing administrative assistance, employment services, and digital access; social services including meal delivery for seniors; and early childhood facilities including multi-accueils (Les Petits Pas) and parent-child spaces (Maison Soleil). The organization also maintains a mobile app (Intramuros) for citizen engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Naturéo: Centre aquatique Naturéo - aquatic center operated by the community
• Terre de Coeur
• France Services
• Intramuros

Products and services

• Centre aquatique Naturéo Public aquatic center in Desvres providing swimming and water-based recreational facilities to residents and visitors.
• Village des Métiers d'Art Business incubator offering workshop and incubation space to crafts businesses; the 2,200 m² facility opened in 2010 and houses approximately ten artisans.
• Bâtiment Relais de Longfossé Rental business property in Longfossé providing 1,600 m² of space comprising six workshops and two open-space offices.
• Bâtiment Relais d'Alincthun Rental business property in the Les Pichottes activity area providing three workshops of 150 m², 250 m², and 300 m², along with five 16 m² offices.
• MIPT Desvres Intercommunal citizen-service center carrying the France Services label since January 2020, with a Point Information Jeunesse, Cyber Point, appointments, employment and training services, and free internet assistance.
• MIPT Samer Intercommunal citizen-service center opened in 2017, providing a Cyber Point with Windows 10 computers, free internet access, and other partnership services.
• Portage de Repas à Domicile Home delivery of complete and balanced meals in sealed containers Monday through Friday for people over 70, ill individuals, and people with disabilities.
• Les Petits Pas Twenty-place multi-accueil childcare facility for children aged 2.5 months to 6 years, open Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 18:30.
• Maison Soleil Free parent-child meeting place offering open-access sessions on Fridays for children aged 0 to 3 with their accompanying adults.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• France ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020MIPT de Desvres was labeled France Services in January 2020, being one of the first in the region. This certification enables the provision of comprehensive public service access for citizens.
• Réseau Information Jeunesse du Nord – Pas de CalaiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPoint Information Jeunesse is a member of the Information Jeunesse network, labeled by the Ministry of Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Associative Life.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• People & Baby: Largest private operator of childcare facilities (crèches) in France. Comparable to CCDS's Les Petits Pas multi-accueil (20 places, ages 2.5 months–6 years) and its broader Petite Enfance portfolio (Les P'tits Copains, Maison de Jackie, Le Coin des Faons) — same service category, same age range, similar public-facing operational model.
• Réseau Entreprendre: French non-profit network supporting business creation and growth through mentoring and subsidized workspace. Comparable to CCDS's economic-development arm, particularly the artisan-targeted Village des Métiers d'Art, as both operate incubation and acceleration pathways for new local enterprises.
• API Restauration: French collective-catering group operating senior meal-delivery alongside school, hospital, and corporate catering. Comparable to CCDS's meal-delivery line and reflects the same operational model (centralized kitchen, chilled sealed trays, daily door-to-door distribution) at multi-region scale.
• Vert Marine: Leading French operator of municipal aquatic centers under public-service delegation (DSP) contracts. Direct peer to CCDS's Centre aquatique Naturéo — same business model (operating public pools on behalf of local authorities) and same end-customer profile (local residents, schools, sports clubs).
• Liveli (formerly Crèche Attitude): Major French private childcare-network operator managing crèches under municipal and corporate partnerships. Direct peer to CCDS's multi-accueil facilities, particularly as Liveli frequently partners with communes and intercommunes to deliver publicly subsidized early-childhood capacity — the same public-private dynamic CCDS operates internally.
• Saveurs et Vie: France's leading private operator of home meal-delivery services for seniors and people with reduced autonomy. Directly comparable to CCDS's Portage de Repas à Domicile service (€7.30/unit, daily delivery) — Saveurs et Vie operates the same business model at national scale, serving as the closest private-sector analog.
• BGE Réseau (Boutiques de Gestion Espace): France's largest network of business incubators and entrepreneurship support, operating local BGE offices that provide workspace, mentoring, and business-creation support to artisans and small entrepreneurs — directly comparable to CCDS's Bâtiment Relais and Village des Métiers d'Art incubator programs.

Others

• Initiative France: Federation of local Initiative France platforms providing zero-interest loans and mentoring to small-business creators in France. Operates alongside and partly overlaps with CCDS's artisan-incubation activities (Village des Métiers d'Art, Bâtiment Relais), serving similar entrepreneur segments and frequently co-financed by intercommunes.
• France Services (national program / label): National French state program under which CCDS's MIPT Desvres was labeled in 2020. While not a competitor, France Services is the framework that legitimizes and funds CCDS's citizen-services offering — relevant as an enabling institutional peer that defines service standards and funding flows for the same activity.

Broad incumbents

• Communauté d'Agglomération du Boulonnais (CAB): Larger neighboring intercommunal structure serving the Boulogne-sur-Mer urban area, which geographically surrounds CCDS's territory. Comparable as a peer intercommunal entity providing overlapping services (aquatic facilities, childcare, economic development, waste management) but at a higher tier and broader scale, representing both a benchmark and a competitive constraint on CCDS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/desvressamer.fr

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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