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Lille, in Métropole Européenne de Lille
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Nord · Hauts-de-France · 1,204,796 residents · Chair: Eric Skyronka

Métropole Européenne de Lille

€1.2 billion spent in 2025.

€969 per resident · Metropolitan authorities: €1,165

What Métropole Européenne de Lille spends, by policy

  • Streets and transport23%€270.6M
  • Waste, water and environment20%€237.8M
  • Town planning and housing15%€177M
  • Administration and shared services13%€149.2M
  • Loans: repayments and interest11%€124.8M
  • Culture, sport and youth7%€82.5M
  • Public safety5%€58.5M
  • Economy and trade5%€57.3M
The 3 other items (1%)
  • Health and social care< 1%€1.1M
  • Passed on to other bodies1%€6.8M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€1.4M

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Européenne de Lille (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €1.17B, by recipient.

  • Companies and contractors45%€530.9M

    See the names ↓

  • Grants and contributions20%€238.8M
  • Staff13%€155.9M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Banks and lenders11%€124.8M
  • Compulsory contributions5%€61.4M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates1%€10.6M
  • Benefits paid to people< 1%€1.3M
  • Other4%€43.3M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Européenne de Lille (DGFiP).

228 contracts signed in 2025 · €1.19B before tax

Why this total differs from the €530.9M 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

€272.3M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €226 per resident. Metropolitan authorities: €307.

  • Travaux de reconstruction du Pont de l’Attargette, du Pont des Canotiers…2023 · Bouygues Travaux Publics Regions France€11.9M
  • Travaux de comblement et/ou de couverture de carrières souterraines2025 · 2 companies€8M
  • Travaux de la tranche fonctionnelle n° 2 de la Liaison Intercommunale Nord-Ouest, partie sud…2023 · Eiffage Route Nord Est (Métropole Flandre Fretin)€7.9M
  • Travaux pour la construction d’une piscine métropolitaine à Roncq – 2 lots Cette consultation a…2025 · BC Nord€7.7M
  • Travaux d’extension du parking relais du pôle d’échanges multimodal2023 · Nge Genie Civil€7.7M

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

On top of that, €127.6M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Européenne de Lille (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €1.05B · borrowing: €167.3M · spending: €1.17B.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)40%€493.9M
  • State and other contributions25%€302.8M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds10%€123M
  • Users and rents3%€34.6M
  • Other receipts8%€100M
  • Borrowing14%€167.3M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€1,313 of debt per resident

Metropolitan authorities: €1,853

3.3 years of savings to repay it

€41 of local taxes per resident

Metropolitan authorities: €103

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee). “Metropolitan authorities”: median of the 20 metropolitan authorities.

The levels above Métropole Européenne de Lille

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

  • IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de LilleWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €969
  • DépartementNordMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,308
  • RegionHauts-de-FranceHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €617

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 Métropole Européenne de Lille

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 Métropole Européenne de Lille, or sit on its council? A figure to correct, context to add: write to us.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Métropole Européenne de Lille · Sources and method

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