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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 534,077 residents · Chair: Franck Soulignac

Drôme

€719.1 million spent in 2025.

€1,346 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,197

What Drôme spends, by policy

  • Health and social care60%€434.3M
  • Roads and transport11%€78.9M
  • Middle schools and education7%€51.2M
  • Administration and shared services5%€36.7M
  • Town planning and housing4%€30.6M
  • Fire, rescue and safety4%€26.5M
  • Loans: repayments and interest3%€18.4M
The 4 other items (6%)
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€17.7M
  • Economy and trade2%€14.6M
  • Environment1%€9.8M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€373k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €719.1M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people48%€345M

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

  • Staff17%€121.8M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors17%€119.8M

    See the names ↓

  • Grants and contributions7%€53.8M
  • Compulsory contributions5%€38.9M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Banks and lenders3%€18.4M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates1%€6.7M
  • Other2%€14.7M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Drôme (DGFiP).

127 contracts signed in 2025 · €53.5M before tax

Why this total differs from the €119.8M 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

€79.7M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €149 per resident. Départements of the same size: €101.

  • 2025 Travaux de chaussées de faible et moyenne importance2025 · Entreprise 26€5.2M
  • Réparation ouvrages d’art maçonnerie et béton armé2025 · Est Ouvrages€3.2M
  • Création MDSA Valence2025 · 2 companies€1.7M
  • Accord-cadre à bons de commande et marchés subséquents2023 · 2 companies€1M
  • Réparation des ouvrages d’art en maçonnerie et béton armé2024 · Est Ouvrages€800k

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

On top of that, €38.4M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €702.8M · borrowing: €18.4M · spending: €719.1M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)65%€469.5M
  • State and other contributions22%€157.6M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds4%€32.2M
  • Users and rents1%€9M
  • Other receipts5%€34.6M
  • Borrowing3%€18.4M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€168 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €450

1 year 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 Drôme

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

  • DépartementDrômeMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,346
  • RegionAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €550

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 Drôme

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

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

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