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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 785,855 residents · Chair: Georges Ziegler

Loire

€919.2 million spent in 2025.

€1,170 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,203

What Loire spends, by policy

  • Health and social care67%€613.6M
  • Roads and transport6%€58.9M
  • Middle schools and education6%€56.8M
  • Administration and shared services5%€47.9M
  • Loans: repayments and interest5%€44M
  • Fire, rescue and safety3%€31M
The 6 other items (7%)
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€17.1M
  • Town planning and housing2%€15.6M
  • Environment1%€10.5M
  • Economy and trade1%€9.1M
  • Passed on to other bodies2%€14.5M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€69k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €919.2M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people55%€502.4M

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

  • Staff17%€153.3M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors10%€96.2M

    See the names ↓

  • Grants and contributions5%€48.6M
  • Compulsory contributions5%€45.6M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Banks and lenders5%€44M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates2%€20.1M
  • Other1%€8.9M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Loire (DGFiP).

297 contracts signed in 2025 · €137.6M before tax

Why this total differs from the €96.2M 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

€51.3M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €65 per resident. Départements of the same size: €93.

  • Réalisation enduits superficiels2025 · Eiffage Route Centre Est€8.8M
  • Grave émulsion2025 · Colas France (Compomac)€8M
  • Réalisation hydroregeneration sur les RD2025 · Eurojoint€1.6M
  • Réparation des oa2025 · 2 companies€1.4M
  • RD45 remise en peinture du pont de presle2024 · Établissements Ouvaroff€1.1M

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

On top of that, €20.2M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €855.5M · borrowing: €51.4M · spending: €919.2M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)63%€583.6M
  • State and other contributions24%€221.8M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds2%€15.6M
  • Users and rents< 1%€3.7M
  • Other receipts3%€30.8M
  • Borrowing6%€51.4M
  • Drawn from reserves1%€12.3M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€365 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €568

9.8 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 2.6 million residents.

The levels above Loire

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

  • DépartementLoireMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,170
  • 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 Loire

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

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

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