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Pays de la Loire · 1,502,050 residents · Chair: Michel Menard

Loire-Atlantique

€1.5 billion spent in 2025.

€1,013 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,203

What Loire-Atlantique spends, by policy

  • Health and social care65%€992.3M
  • Middle schools and education7%€113.8M
  • Administration and shared services7%€107.9M
  • Roads and transport5%€80.1M
  • Loans: repayments and interest5%€76.7M
  • Fire, rescue and safety4%€61.9M
The 5 other items (6%)
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€36M
  • Town planning and housing2%€35.3M
  • Environment1%€12.2M
  • Economy and trade< 1%€4.6M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€784k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €1.52B, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people55%€829.4M

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

  • Staff15%€232.1M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors11%€165.2M

    See the names ↓

  • Compulsory contributions6%€90.5M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Grants and contributions5%€81.7M
  • Banks and lenders5%€76.7M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates1%€22.5M
  • Other2%€23.7M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Loire-Atlantique (DGFiP).

41 contracts signed in 2025 · €54.7M before tax

Why this total differs from the €165.2M 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

€99.2M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €66 per resident. Départements of the same size: €93.

  • Il s’agit de câblage "voix, données, images" soit pour des extensions de câblage…2025 · S 3 A€7M
  • Travaux de marquage sur le réseau routier départementak de Loire-Atlantique-2 lots2023 · Esvia€5M
  • Délégation Pays de Retz2023 · Charier TP Sud€1.5M
  • L’opération porte sur l’extension du bâtiment de la Délégation territoriale vignoble, à Clisson…2023 · 6 companies€1.1M
  • Ce marché subséquent à bons de commande doit permettre de réaliser les travaux2023 · Charier TP€950k

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

On top of that, €41.3M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €1.43B · borrowing: €90.1M · spending: €1.52B.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)69%€1.05B
  • State and other contributions19%€285.5M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds4%€63.7M
  • Users and rents< 1%€2M
  • Other receipts2%€30.7M
  • Borrowing6%€90.1M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€448 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €568

14.2 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-Atlantique

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

  • DépartementLoire-AtlantiqueMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,013
  • RegionPays de la LoireHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €449

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-Atlantique

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.

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

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