Côte-d'Or · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · 162,650 residents
How much does Dijon spend?
Mayor: Nathalie Koenders since March 2026 · 59 town councillors
What the money pays for in Dijon
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Dijon spends 19 % less per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size176 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteDijon devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports71.6M€41 %elsewhere: 24%more than elsewhere (24%)
- Education and training30.3M€17 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration25.7M€15 %elsewhere: 27%less than elsewhere (27%)
- Health and social action24.3M€14 %elsewhere: 14%same as elsewhere (14%)
- Security and public health10M€6 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Economic action6.5M€4 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Regional planning and housing4M€2 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Environment3.1M€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Transport495k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
Shares are computed on the allocated amount, excluding transfers. “Elsewhere”: the median share of towns the same size — half devote more, half less. Source: DGFiP accounting balances.
Spending and revenue
What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.
Spending251.7 M€
Charges de personnel88.4M€35 %Achats et charges externes47.5M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 15.2 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies36.3M€14 %Charges financières4.3M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)3.3M€1 %Revenue272 M€
Property tax in Dijon
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Dijon collected 139.5 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 51% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €450 per inhabitant
Of which 61.7 M€ of equipment. That is −2.6 % compared with 2023.
Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.
Debt
per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 100.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −37.8 % per inhabitant since 2018
Outstanding debt and gross savings: OFGL, main budget. The number of years is the debt-repayment capacity, debt divided by gross savings.
What the town buys
in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 45 contracts
Top supplier: Jcdecaux France, 1.5 M€, vILLE DE Dijon - Location, installation, entretien et maintenance de sanitaires à entretien automatique pour l’espace…
All the town’s contracts (599)
Marchés de plus de 40 000 € HT déclarés à la notification (DECP) : montants des contrats, pas les paiements. Les plus petits marchés ne sont pas publiés ; les montants manifestement erronés sont écartés. Years published by the town: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
Compare with another town
Per inhabitant, 2024 accounts, OFGL. Towns of the same département, by size. A town above or below is not better or worse run. Property-tax rate: municipal share only, excluding the inter-municipal body and additional levies, source REI DGFiP.