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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 171,621 residents · Chair: Eliane Barreille

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

€278.8 million spent in 2025.

€1,624 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,609

What Alpes-de-Haute-Provence spends, by policy

  • Health and social care40%€111.1M
  • Roads and transport19%€52.5M
  • Administration and shared services15%€43M

    Bodies do not all file the same costs here: some put all their staff under it.

  • Middle schools and education7%€20.4M
  • Fire, rescue and safety6%€15.7M
  • Loans: repayments and interest5%€13.9M
  • Culture, sport and youth4%€10.7M
The 4 other items (4%)
  • Economy and trade1%€4.1M
  • Environment1%€4M
  • Town planning and housing1%€3.3M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€159k

Source: 2025 accounts of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €278.8M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people35%€96.7M

    Minimum income, disability, elderly care, child welfare, accommodation.

  • Staff22%€62.4M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors22%€61.2M

    See the names ↓

  • Grants and contributions7%€19.3M
  • Compulsory contributions5%€14.1M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Banks and lenders5%€13.9M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates2%€5.6M
  • Other2%€5.5M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (DGFiP).

122 contracts signed in 2025 · €80.6M before tax

Why this total differs from the €61.2M paid to companies

These are the amounts of the contracts signed in the year, over their whole length, not what was paid. The money paid in a year also goes to older contracts and to purchases too small to be published (under €40,000 excl. VAT). For a framework agreement, the amount is a ceiling.

Investment and works

€36.1M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €210 per resident. Départements of the same size: €180.

  • Protections Routes Patrimoine contre chutes pierres2023–2025 · Epc France€6M
  • Travaux spécialisés sur oa du département2025 · Colas France (Établissement Cozzi)€4M
  • Dispositifs de retenue sur les RD2023 · Agilis€3.6M
  • Protection des routes et du patrimoine départemental contre les chutes de pierres2025 · Hydrokarst€3.5M
  • Travaux spécialisés sur ouvrages d’art2025 · Colas France (Établissement Cozzi)€2M

Largest works contracted since 2023, among published contracts. Amounts planned at signature, often spread over several years.

On top of that, €12.6M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €266.8M · borrowing: €15M · spending: €278.8M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)66%€185.5M
  • State and other contributions21%€60.1M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds4%€12.6M
  • Users and rents2%€4.8M
  • Other receipts1%€3.8M
  • Borrowing5%€15M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€433 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €608

2 years of savings to repay it

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee). “Départements of the same size”: median of the 17 départements of 80,000 to 248,000 residents.

The levels above Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Spending per resident in 2025, and what each level pays for.

  • DépartementAlpes-de-Haute-ProvenceMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,624
  • RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €530

Each row: the body’s own spending per resident, the figure at the top of its page (DGFiP). Not to be added up: a grant from one level is spent by another.

Who is part of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Understanding these figures

Who does what

The département pays for middle schools, social help (minimum income, elderly care, disability, child welfare), départemental roads, and funds the fire and rescue service.

Official table of responsibilities (July 2025)

Why the levels are not added up

The same euro can appear twice: once when a region or a département pays a grant, again when the town spends it. Each page shows its own body’s spending.

Where these figures come from

Spending: the accounts of the main budget published by the DGFiP, by public policy. Revenue, debt and taxes: OFGL. Contracts: published contract data (DECP), amounts planned at signing.

Do you work for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, or sit on its council? A figure to correct, context to add: write to us.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · Sources and method

Accounts 2025 (DGFiP, OFGL). The method · See the source