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Lyon, in Rhône
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 493,179 residents · Chair: Christophe Guilloteau

Rhône

€550.7 million spent in 2025.

€1,117 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,377

What Rhône spends, by policy

  • Health and social care51%€281M
  • Middle schools and education11%€60.9M
  • Loans: repayments and interest10%€53.4M
  • Roads and transport9%€50M
  • Administration and shared services8%€45.7M
  • Fire, rescue and safety5%€25.9M
  • Culture, sport and youth3%€15.6M
The 5 other items (3%)
  • Economy and trade1%€5.4M
  • Town planning and housing1%€4.7M
  • Environment< 1%€2M
  • Passed on to other bodies1%€5.5M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€718k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €550.7M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people41%€228.5M

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

  • Staff18%€99.2M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors18%€98.1M

    See the names ↓

  • Banks and lenders10%€53.4M
  • Compulsory contributions6%€34.2M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Grants and contributions3%€16.9M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates2%€9.9M
  • Other2%€10.5M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Rhône (DGFiP).

75 contracts signed in 2025 · €35.2M before tax

Why this total differs from the €98.1M 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

€63.3M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €128 per resident. Départements of the same size: €122.

  • Conception réalisation pour les travaux de mise en sécurité en urgence du pont de Condrieu2024 · Baudin Chateauneuf€6.2M
  • Conception, construction, et exploitation-maintenance liées à la construction d’un internat d’excellence…2025 · BC Auvergne Rhone Alpes€2.8M
  • RD 109 déviation sud-est commune de belleville-en-beaujolais2025 · Eiffage Route Centre Est (Rhone)€2.5M
  • Accords-cadres mixtes multi-attributaires pour la réalisation de travaux d’aménagement…2024€900k
  • Aménagement de la rue de Belleroche et gare bus collège d’Utrillo · Voirie et réseaux2025 · Axima€665k

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

On top of that, €9.6M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €508.7M · borrowing: €50.9M · spending: €550.7M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)45%€251.1M
  • State and other contributions33%€186.9M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds6%€33.7M
  • Users and rents1%€8M
  • Other receipts5%€29.1M
  • Borrowing9%€50.9M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€729 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €526

10.1 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 26 départements of 267,000 to 501,000 residents.

The levels above Rhône

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

  • DépartementRhôneMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,117
  • 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 Rhône

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

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

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