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Occitanie · 159,309 residents · Chair: Christine Tequi

Ariège

€204.3 million spent in 2025.

€1,283 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,609

What Ariège spends, by policy

  • Health and social care47%€96.9M
  • Roads and transport15%€29.7M
  • Administration and shared services8%€16.3M
  • Middle schools and education8%€15.4M
  • Town planning and housing7%€13.6M
  • Culture, sport and youth4%€9M
  • Economy and trade4%€7.7M
  • Environment4%€7.2M
  • Fire, rescue and safety3%€6.5M
The 2 other items (1%)
  • Loans: repayments and interest< 1%€172k
  • Passed on to other bodies1%€1.8M

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €204.3M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people31%€62.9M

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

  • Staff27%€55.3M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors18%€37.4M

    See the names ↓

  • Grants and contributions14%€29.4M
  • Compulsory contributions5%€9.7M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Joint bodies and syndicates3%€6.9M
  • Banks and lenders< 1%€172k
  • Other1%€2.5M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Ariège (DGFiP).

328 contracts signed in 2025 · €182.5M before tax

Why this total differs from the €37.4M 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

€24.6M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €154 per resident. Départements of the same size: €180.

  • Travaux aménagement numérique2024 · SAS Santerne Toulouse (Axians)€4.9M
  • Travaux d’aménagement numérique sur le NRO de Rouze2024 · BV SCOP€4M
  • District du Couserans2023 · Naudin et Fils€3.5M
  • District de Foix Haute Ariège2023 · Colas France (Établissement de Varilhes)€2.5M
  • District de Pamiers Portes d’Ariège2023 · Colas France (Établissement de Varilhes)€2.3M

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

On top of that, €21.8M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €218.9M · borrowing: €459 · spending: €204.3M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)64%€139.6M
  • State and other contributions25%€55M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds7%€14.5M
  • Users and rents2%€4.2M
  • Other receipts3%€5.5M
  • Borrowing< 1%€459

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€3 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €608

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 Ariège

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

  • DépartementAriègeMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,283
  • RegionOccitanieHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €529

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 Ariège

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

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

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