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Grand Est · 1,953,739 residents · Chair: Frédéric Bierry

Alsace

€2.1 billion spent in 2025.

€1,053 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,203

What Alsace spends, by policy

  • Health and social care56%€1.15B
  • Administration and shared services17%€355.2M

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

  • Roads and transport6%€130.8M
  • Middle schools and education6%€118.9M
  • Loans: repayments and interest4%€83.9M
  • Fire, rescue and safety3%€69.5M
  • Town planning and housing3%€62.1M
The 5 other items (4%)
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€46.4M
  • Economy and trade1%€14.5M
  • Environment< 1%€7.8M
  • Passed on to other bodies1%€13.3M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€2.5M

Source: 2025 accounts of Alsace (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €2.06B, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people50%€1.02B

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

  • Companies and contractors15%€318.6M

    See the names ↓

  • Staff15%€309M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Grants and contributions7%€151.1M
  • Compulsory contributions6%€114.9M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Banks and lenders4%€83.9M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates2%€40.8M
  • Other1%€16.2M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Alsace (DGFiP).

859 contracts signed in 2025 · €476.1M before tax

Why this total differs from the €318.6M 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

€201.8M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €103 per resident. Départements of the same size: €93.

  • Travaux d’élargissement de la A35 et de la RD105 Ouest pour l’amélioration des accès à l’autoroute A35…2024–2025 · Eiffage Route Nord Est (Alsace Lorraine Reguisheim)€25.1M
  • Le présent accord cadre concerne l’exécution des travaux de signalisation horizontale sur les Autoroutes…2024 · 2 companies€24M
  • L’accord-cadre a pour objet la fourniture, le transport, la pose et la dépose des dispositifs de retenue…2024 · Saert€12.8M
  • Protection des captages AEP de Mulhouse2023 · Sogea Est BTP€7.2M
  • Les travaux s’inscrivent dans le cadre du projet d’aménagement de la liaison Saverne2025 · Adam€4.7M

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

On top of that, €86.4M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Alsace (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €2.01B · borrowing: €115.1M · spending: €2.06B.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)67%€1.43B
  • State and other contributions19%€407.2M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds4%€88.9M
  • Users and rents1%€24.2M
  • Other receipts3%€60.7M
  • Borrowing5%€115.1M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€288 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €568

2.4 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 29 départements of 777,000 to 2.6 million residents.

The levels above Alsace

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

  • DépartementAlsaceMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,053
  • RegionGrand EstHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €662

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 Alsace

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 Alsace, or sit on its council? A figure to correct, context to add: write to us.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Alsace · Sources and method

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