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

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

€279 million spent in 2025.

€1,626 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,611

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

  • Health and social care40%€111.1M
  • Roads and transport19%€52.5M
  • Administration and shared services15%€43.2M

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

  • Middle schools and education7%€20.3M
  • 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.

Where the money goes

The €279M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Residents35%€96.7M

    Social benefits: care placements for children, elderly and disabled people, minimum income (RSA), personal autonomy allowance (APA), disability compensation (PCH).

  • The département’s staff22%€62.4M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies22%€61.1M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies7%€19.3M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Public bodies5%€14.1M

    Compulsory contributions: fire and rescue service, running costs of middle schools.

  • Banks5%€13.9M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Syndicates, groupings and other bodies2%€5.6M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions, including the compensation paid to the region and local-authority syndicates.

  • Other2%€5.8M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

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

Contracts state a maximum amount for their whole term, often several years. That amount differs from what was paid. Purchases, services and works paid to companies by the département in 2025: €61.1M (its accounts).

157 contracts signed in 2025 · €128.9M before tax

Why this total differs from the €61.1M of purchases, services and works 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.

Click a building site to see the contract

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: €279M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)66%€185.5M
  • State and other contributions21%€60.1M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…4%€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
    €1,626 per resident
  • RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €558 per resident

Each amount is what the body spends per resident, from its accounts (DGFiP). Do not add them up: part of the money passes from one body to 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.

Elected officials and staff of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

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

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