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Bordeaux, in Gironde
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 1,701,107 residents · Chair: Jean-Luc Gleyze

Gironde

€2 billion spent in 2025.

€1,191 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,203

What Gironde spends, by policy

  • Health and social care67%€1.36B
  • Middle schools and education8%€166.7M
  • Fire, rescue and safety5%€107.1M
  • Administration and shared services5%€100.6M
  • Loans: repayments and interest5%€99.8M
  • Roads and transport4%€71.6M
The 6 other items (6%)
  • Town planning and housing2%€46.9M
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€34.1M
  • Environment1%€15.5M
  • Economy and trade1%€13.5M
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€6.5M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€6.1M

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

Where the money goes

The €2.03B spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Residents54%€1.09B

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

  • The département’s staff16%€331.1M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies9%€178.8M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Public bodies7%€143.4M

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

  • Banks5%€99.8M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Associations and other bodies4%€89.9M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Syndicates, groupings and other bodies2%€36.9M

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

  • Other3%€57.3M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Gironde (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: €178.8M (its accounts).

204 contracts signed in 2025 · €87.1M before tax

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

  • Fuelall suppliers together · contract in the list: Greenwaypaid €1.7M

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 €178.8M 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

€119.1M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €70 per resident. Départements of the same size: €93.

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, €49.8M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €1.85B · borrowing: €182.7M · spending: €2.03B.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)67%€1.36B
  • State and other contributions17%€354M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…3%€54.4M
  • Users and rents< 1%€9.4M
  • Other receipts3%€67.6M
  • Borrowing9%€182.7M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€721 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €568

106.7 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 2.7 million residents.

The levels above Gironde

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

  • DépartementGirondeMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,191 per resident
  • RegionNouvelle-AquitaineHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €519 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 Gironde

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 Gironde: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

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

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