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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · 142,989 residents · Chair: Florian Bouquet

Territoire de Belfort

€188.8 million spent in 2025.

€1,320 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,611

What Territoire de Belfort spends, by policy

  • Health and social care59%€111.6M
  • Administration and shared services15%€29M

    Bodies do not all file the same costs here: some put all their staff under it.

  • Middle schools and education7%€13.1M
  • Loans: repayments and interest6%€10.5M
  • Roads and transport5%€9.5M
  • Fire, rescue and safety3%€5.6M
The 5 other items (5%)
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€3.6M
  • Economy and trade1%€2.8M
  • Town planning and housing1%€1.5M
  • Environment1%€1.4M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€31k

Source: 2025 accounts of Territoire de Belfort (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €188.8M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Residents45%€84.2M

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

  • The département’s staff23%€42.9M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies12%€22.7M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies6%€11.8M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Banks6%€10.5M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Public bodies5%€9.2M

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

  • Syndicates, groupings and other bodies1%€2.5M

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

  • Other3%€5M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Territoire de Belfort (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: €22.7M (its accounts).

33 contracts signed in 2025 · €11.7M before tax

What the département paid in 2025 for these kinds of purchase, from its accounts

  • Insuranceall suppliers together · contracts in the list: Verspieren, Relyens SPS, Assurances Sécurité (A.S.)paid €392k
  • Postageall suppliers together · contract in the list: La Postepaid €109k

The accounts say how much was paid for each kind of purchase, not to which company. A purchase paid by another public body (joint order, shared service) is not in them.

Why this total differs from the €22.7M 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

€12.1M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €85 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, €5.3M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Territoire de Belfort (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €178.4M · borrowing: €9M · spending: €188.8M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)64%€120.4M
  • State and other contributions23%€43.2M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…4%€7.5M
  • Users and rents< 1%€323k
  • Other receipts4%€7M
  • Borrowing5%€9M
  • Drawn from reserves1%€1.4M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€610 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €608

8.1 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 17 départements of 80,000 to 248,000 residents.

The levels above Territoire de Belfort

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

  • DépartementTerritoire de BelfortMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,320 per resident
  • RegionBourgogne-Franche-ComtéHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €618 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 Territoire de Belfort

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 Territoire de Belfort: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Territoire de Belfort · Sources and method

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