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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · 562,072 residents · Chair: Christine Bouquin

Doubs

€639.5 million spent in 2025.

€1,138 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,197

What Doubs spends, by policy

  • Health and social care52%€334.8M
  • Administration and shared services20%€126.6M

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

  • Roads and transport6%€40.6M
  • Loans: repayments and interest5%€33.8M
  • Fire, rescue and safety5%€31.7M
  • Middle schools and education5%€31.2M
  • Town planning and housing3%€19.4M
The 5 other items (3%)
  • Culture, sport and youth1%€9.1M
  • Environment1%€6.3M
  • Economy and trade1%€5M
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€644k
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€432k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €639.5M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people45%€291M

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

  • Staff18%€116.1M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors12%€79.9M

    See the names ↓

  • Grants and contributions8%€49.7M
  • Compulsory contributions7%€43.5M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Banks and lenders5%€33.8M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates2%€12.5M
  • Other2%€13M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Doubs (DGFiP).

256 contracts signed in 2025 · €140.5M before tax

Why this total differs from the €79.9M 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

€45.1M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €80 per resident. Départements of the same size: €101.

  • Exécution d’enduits superficiels sur les routes départementales du Doubs secteur haut Doubs2023 · J.C. Bonnefoy€6.4M
  • Construction d’un collège innovant sur l’agglomération de montbéliard nord bethoncourt2023–2025 · 3 companies€5.2M
  • Réalisation de travaux de restauration d’ouvrages d’art2025 · Eurovia Bourgogne Franche - Comte (Tpre)€3M
  • Création d’une salle multimodale a la saline royale d’arc et senans2023 · 3 companies€2.5M
  • Construction d’un collège innovant sur l’agglomération de montbéliard bethoncourt2024–2025 · 2 companies€2.1M

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

On top of that, €30.5M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €609.7M · borrowing: €39M · spending: €639.5M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)68%€438.1M
  • State and other contributions21%€133.2M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds3%€21.4M
  • Users and rents< 1%€1.2M
  • Other receipts2%€15.8M
  • Borrowing6%€39M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€481 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €450

5.3 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 21 départements of 512,000 to 744,000 residents.

The levels above Doubs

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

  • DépartementDoubsMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,138
  • RegionBourgogne-Franche-ComtéHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €612

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 Doubs

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

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

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