Doubs · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · 203,293 residents · Chair: Ludovic Fagaut

Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole

€172.6 million spent in 2025.

€849 per resident · Urban communities: €926

What Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole spends, by policy

Streets and transport30%€51.8M
Administration and shared services28%€48M
Bodies do not all file the same costs here: some put all their staff under it.
Town planning and housing15%€25.2M
Culture, sport and youth11%€18.6M
Economy and trade7%€11.3M
Public safety6%€10M
Waste, water and environment3%€5.6M

The 4 other items (1%)

Loans: repayments and interest1%€1.2M
Education< 1%€752k
Health and social care< 1%€125k
Not assigned to a policy< 1%€42k

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €172.6M, by recipient.

Companies and contractors41%€70.2M
See the names ↓
Staff29%€50.8M
Pay and contributions.
Grants and contributions20%€34.9M
Compulsory contributions7%€11.9M
Joint bodies and syndicates1%€1.6M
Banks and lenders1%€1.2M
Other1%€2M
Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole (DGFiP).

285 contracts signed in 2025 · €116M before tax

Why this total differs from the €70.2M 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

€48.6M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €239 per resident. Urban communities: €234.

Travaux d’entretien courant de la voirie2024–2025 · 2 companies€9M
Bassin de dépollution et de stockage2024 · Eiffage Énergie Systemes - Clemessy (Clemessy)€8.7M
Travaux d’entretien, de grosses réparations et de réaménagement dans divers bâtiments…2024 · Pateu et Robert€8.3M
Campus bouloie ESP ext2023–2025 · Colas France (Établissement Doubs)€4M
Création d’un quatrième terminus pour le réseau tramway2025 · Etf€3.5M

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

On top of that, €14.9M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €171.5M · borrowing: €5k · spending: €172.6M.

Breakdown of resources

Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)54%€91.8M
Grants for works and VAT refunds22%€38.3M
State and other contributions16%€27.4M
Users and rents7%€12.3M
Other receipts1%€1.7M
Borrowing< 1%€5k

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€799 of debt per resident

Urban communities: €1,386

3 years of savings to repay it

€197 of local taxes per resident

Urban communities: €120

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee). “Urban communities”: median of the 14 urban communities.

The levels above Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole

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

IntercommunalityCommunauté urbaine Grand Besançon MétropoleWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
€849
DépartementDoubsMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
€1,138
RegionBourgogne-Franche-ComtéHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
€612

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.

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.

Do you work for Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole, or sit on its council? A figure to correct, context to add: write to us.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole · Sources and method

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