Municipal & City Websites

Municipalities need websites that serve everyone — accessible, secure, and easy to manage. Drupal is the CMS of choice for governments worldwide, e.g. the European Commission and multiple UK councils. Drupal enables governments to have modern municipal websites that meet the strictest accessibility and compliance requirements while staying simple for non-technical editors.

The Challenges

Public sector websites face unique demands:

• Accessibility is mandatory — The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is in effect since June 2025, with fines up to €80,000 in Austria for non-compliance [4]. Most importantly, the service is required to be as usable for disabled people as it is for non-disabled people.
• Tight budgets — Limited IT resources mean the platform must be low-maintenance
• Multilingual needs — Especially in Switzerland, border regions, and diverse communities, the content is often legally required to be available in multiple languages.
• Legacy systems — Aging platforms are often difficult and expensive to maintain
• Data sovereignty — GDPR compliance and control over where citizen data is stored

Key Benefits

Regulations and requirements serve to ensure quality and bring clear benefits:

• Accessibility — EAA compliance avoids legal risk and serves to increase audience reach and readability
• Multilingual — Ensures legal compliance and serves to reach diverse communities
• Security & GDPR — Enterprise-grade security with EU-hosted data reduces risk of damage and fines
• Easy editing — Intuitive interface reduces dependency on IT staff, addressing tight budgets
• Scalable — Grow from a single municipality to a multi-site network without replacing the platform, leaving legacy systems behind
• Mobile-first — Responsive design ensures citizens can access services from any device

Why Drupal for Government?

Drupal directly addresses these challenges with built-in accessibility, multilingual support, enterprise-grade security, and an intuitive editing experience — all as open-source software with no vendor lock-in. Governments worldwide already rely on it:

• European Commission — 770 sites, 700 million visits/year [1][2]
• LocalGov Drupal — A community of 60+ UK councils sharing one open-source platform, reducing costs by up to 80% [3]
• Australia (GovCMS) — 300+ government websites across 100+ agencies [5]
• Georgia (gov.ge) — Trusted at national government level

Our approach is inspired by the LocalGov Drupal initiative: councils solving problems once, together.

Why drunomics?

We bring the expertise and infrastructure to deliver on these benefits:

• Proven expertise — 18+ years of Drupal development, including multilingual, accessible, and multi-site platforms
• mossbo cloud — Managed hosting on EU data centers with Austrian data sovereignty — addressing both compliance and tight IT budgets [6]
• Accessibility specialists — We actively audit and improve our platform for EAA compliance
• Open source commitment — Active Drupal community contributors, no vendor lock-in

Sources

1. Drupal4Gov EU 2026: How Drupal Powers European Institutions and National Governments — drunomics blog coverage of the EWPP presentation by the European Commission
2. Drupal4Gov EU 2026 Highlights Drupal's Role in European Digital Sovereignty — The Drop Times conference coverage
3. LocalGov Drupal — Community of 60+ UK councils sharing one open-source Drupal platform
4. The European Accessibility Act Impacts Everyone — drunomics blog on EAA requirements and penalties
5. GovCMS — Content management and web hosting for government — Australian Government's Drupal-based platform for 100+ agencies
6. mossbo — Cloud CMS Platform — drunomics' managed Drupal cloud platform with EU data centers and Austrian data sovereignty