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Mulhouse, in Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
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Grand Est · 276,825 residents · Chair: Fabian Jordan

Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération

€233.8 million spent in 2025.

€845 per resident · Urban-area groupings of the same size: €702

What Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération spends, by policy

  • Administration and shared services22%€51.1M

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

  • Waste, water and environment18%€43.2M
  • Culture, sport and youth15%€35M
  • Education14%€32.6M
  • Loans: repayments and interest7%€17.2M
  • Town planning and housing6%€13.6M
  • Economy and trade4%€9.6M
  • Health and social care4%€9.1M
  • Passed on to other bodies8%€19.6M
The 3 other items (1%)
  • Streets and transport1%€2.5M
  • Public safety< 1%€218k
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€208k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €233.8M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • The intercommunality’s staff34%€80.1M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies26%€59.7M

    Purchases, services and works.

  • Associations and other bodies17%€39.1M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities8%€19.7M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Banks7%€17.2M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Residents< 1%€17k

    Aid, study grants and emergency help.

  • Other8%€18M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (DGFiP).

Investment and works

€23.3M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €84 per resident. Urban-area groupings of the same size: €114.

  • Culture, sport and youth€10.6M
  • Administration and shared services€3.3M
  • Waste, water and environment€2.5M
  • Economy and trade€2.5M
  • Education€1.5M
  • Other policies€2.9M

On top of that, €6.3M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €220.5M · borrowing: €25M · spending: €233.8M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)42%€103.9M
  • State and other contributions22%€54.8M
  • Users and rents15%€36.7M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…8%€20.3M
  • Other receipts2%€4.9M
  • Borrowing10%€25M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€765 of debt per resident

Urban-area groupings of the same size: €781

5 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). “Urban-area groupings of the same size”: median of the 94 urban-area groupings of 100,000 to 365,000 residents.

The levels above Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération

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

  • IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace AgglomérationWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €845 per resident
  • RegionGrand EstHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €743 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 Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération

Understanding these figures

Who does what

The intercommunality collects and treats waste, often runs water and sanitation, organises urban transport, and pays part of its revenue back to its member towns.

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 Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération · Sources and method

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