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Grand Est · 369,069 residents · Chair: François Vannson

Vosges

€524.9 million spent in 2025.

€1,422 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,377

What Vosges spends, by policy

  • Health and social care52%€270.8M
  • Administration and shared services21%€107.9M

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

  • Roads and transport8%€41.9M
  • Loans: repayments and interest7%€34.1M
  • Middle schools and education5%€26.1M
  • Fire, rescue and safety3%€18.3M
The 6 other items (5%)
  • Culture, sport and youth2%€8.5M
  • Economy and trade1%€7.5M
  • Town planning and housing1%€5.4M
  • Environment1%€4M
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€153k
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€61k

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €524.9M, by recipient.

  • Benefits paid to people45%€235.7M

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

  • Staff19%€100.6M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies and contractors16%€84M

    See the names ↓

  • Grants and contributions7%€36.3M
  • Banks and lenders7%€34.1M
  • Compulsory contributions4%€22.3M

    Including the fire and rescue service.

  • Joint bodies and syndicates1%€7.1M
  • Other1%€4.8M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Vosges (DGFiP).

296 contracts signed in 2025 · €90.1M before tax

Why this total differs from the €84M 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

€53.8M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €146 per resident. Départements of the same size: €122.

  • Fourniture fabrication transport et mise en oeuvre de matériaux enrobés aux liants hydrocarbonés2023–2024 · 2 companies€6.1M
  • Travaux dépannages grosses réparations pour l’ensemble des sites du conseil départemental d’incendie…2025 · Entreprise Cagnin€6M
  • Travaux de reconstruction de la Maison de l’Enfance et de la Famille de Golbey ; Gros œuvre2025 · SAS Pierre B.€4.4M
  • Reconstruction du collège du BAN de vagney2023 · 4 companies€2.3M
  • RD18 calibrage et renforcement entre norroy et saint remimont2023 · Sethy€2M

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

On top of that, €21.5M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €490.5M · borrowing: €35M · spending: €524.9M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)65%€344M
  • State and other contributions23%€122.7M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds3%€15.3M
  • Users and rents< 1%€2M
  • Other receipts1%€6.5M
  • Borrowing7%€35M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€643 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €526

4.3 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 Vosges

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

  • DépartementVosgesMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,422
  • RegionGrand EstHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €662

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 Vosges

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

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

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