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Normandie · 511,634 residents · Chair: Jean Morin

Manche

€679.4 million spent in 2025.

€1,328 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,197

What Manche spends, by policy

  • Health and social care56%€379M
  • Roads and transport11%€75.7M
  • Middle schools and education7%€46.8M
  • Loans: repayments and interest7%€46.4M
  • Administration and shared services6%€42.2M
  • Town planning and housing4%€24.6M
  • Fire, rescue and safety3%€23.7M
  • Culture, sport and youth3%€21.1M
The 4 other items (3%)
  • Economy and trade2%€13.5M
  • Environment1%€5.8M
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€211k
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€421k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €679.4M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people40%€274.5M

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

  • Staff21%€142.1M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors14%€97M

    See the names ↓

  • Grants and contributions10%€66.6M
  • Banks and lenders7%€46.4M
  • Compulsory contributions5%€31.9M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Joint bodies and syndicates2%€14.9M
  • Other1%€6.1M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Manche (DGFiP).

53 contracts signed in 2025 · €12.6M before tax

Why this total differs from the €97M 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

€59.3M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €116 per resident. Départements of the same size: €101.

  • Travaux dans les bâtiments départementaux, collèges départementaux et…2024 · 4 companies€3.2M
  • Opérations ponctuelles et aménagements limités (OPAL)2024 · Mastellotto€2.4M
  • Travaux de voirie connexes et préparatoires aux opérations d’investissement du Département de la Manche2025€1.6M
  • RD 650 Sécurisation Barneville-Carteret et les Pieux<br />Section 3 entre Pierreville et Les Pieux <br />2024 · Eurovia Liants Sud Ouest (Retraitement de Chaussee)€1.5M
  • Travaux de scellement de fissures et d’hydro-régénération pour les besoins du département de la Manche2025€1.2M

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

On top of that, €42M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €642.2M · borrowing: €56.1M · spending: €679.4M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)63%€438.2M
  • State and other contributions18%€124.4M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds6%€43M
  • Users and rents1%€9.1M
  • Other receipts4%€27.6M
  • Borrowing8%€56.1M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€597 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €450

5.1 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 21 départements of 512,000 to 744,000 residents.

The levels above Manche

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

  • DépartementMancheMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,328
  • RegionNormandieHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €568

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 Manche

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

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

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