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Occitanie · 159,309 residents · Chair: Christine Tequi

Ariège

€209.9 million spent in 2025.

€1,317 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,611

What Ariège spends, by policy

  • Health and social care47%€97.6M
  • Roads and transport15%€32.4M
  • Administration and shared services8%€16.3M
  • Middle schools and education7%€15.4M
  • Town planning and housing6%€13.6M
  • Culture, sport and youth4%€9M
  • Fire, rescue and safety4%€8.7M
  • Economy and trade4%€7.7M
  • Environment3%€7.2M
The 3 other items (1%)
  • Loans: repayments and interest< 1%€173k
  • Passed on to other bodies1%€1.8M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€94

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

Where the money goes

The €209.9M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Residents30%€62.9M

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

  • The département’s staff26%€55.3M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies18%€37.4M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies14%€29.4M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Public bodies5%€9.7M

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

  • Syndicates, groupings and other bodies3%€6.9M

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

  • Banks< 1%€173k

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Other4%€8M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Ariège (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: €37.4M (its accounts).

230 contracts signed in 2025 · €100.5M before tax

What the département paid in 2025 for these kinds of purchase, from its accounts

  • Electricity, gas and heatingall suppliers together · contracts in the list: Totalenergies Électricité et Gaz France, Alterna Énergie, Engiepaid €868k

The accounts say how much was paid for each kind of purchase, not to which company. A purchase paid by another public body (joint order, shared service) is not in them.

Why this total differs from the €37.4M 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

€24.6M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €154 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, €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: €209.9M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)64%€139.6M
  • State and other contributions25%€55M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…7%€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
    €1,317 per resident
  • RegionOccitanieHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €542 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 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.

Elected officials and staff of Ariège: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

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

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