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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 145,993 residents · Chair: Jean-Marie Bernard

Hautes-Alpes

€283.2 million spent in 2025.

€1,940 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,611

What Hautes-Alpes spends, by policy

  • Health and social care40%€113.6M
  • Roads and transport26%€72.3M
  • Loans: repayments and interest8%€21.8M
  • Middle schools and education6%€17.7M
  • Administration and shared services6%€16.9M
  • Economy and trade4%€10.1M
  • Fire, rescue and safety3%€9.2M
  • Environment3%€8M
The 4 other items (5%)
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€6.5M
  • Town planning and housing2%€6.4M
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€380k
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€152k

Source: 2025 accounts of Hautes-Alpes (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €283.2M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Residents30%€85.5M

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

  • Companies25%€71.1M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The département’s staff18%€49.6M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Associations and other bodies10%€27.8M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Banks8%€21.8M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Public bodies5%€13.2M

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

  • Syndicates, groupings and other bodies3%€7.1M

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

  • Other2%€7M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Hautes-Alpes (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: €71.1M (its accounts).

67 contracts signed in 2025 · €35.5M before tax

Why this total differs from the €71.1M 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

€55.7M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €382 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, €20.4M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Hautes-Alpes (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €260.1M · borrowing: €15M · spending: €283.2M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)61%€172.3M
  • State and other contributions18%€51.9M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…10%€27.2M
  • Users and rents1%€3.2M
  • Other receipts2%€5.5M
  • Borrowing5%€15M
  • Drawn from reserves3%€8.1M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€842 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €608

2.6 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 17 départements of 80,000 to 248,000 residents.

The levels above Hautes-Alpes

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

  • DépartementHautes-AlpesMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,940 per resident
  • RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €558 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 Hautes-Alpes

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 Hautes-Alpes: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Hautes-Alpes · Sources and method

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