Nord · Hauts-de-France · 1,204,796 residents · Chair: Eric Skyronka
Métropole Européenne de Lille
€1.2 billion spent in 2025.
€1,015 per resident · Metropolitan authorities: €1,170
What Métropole Européenne de Lille spends, by policy
The 3 other items (2%)
Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Européenne de Lille (DGFiP), by public policy.
Suppliers and recipients
The same €1.22B, by recipient.
Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Européenne de Lille (DGFiP).
Contracts state a maximum amount for their whole term, often several years. That amount differs from what was paid. Purchases, services and works paid to companies by the intercommunality in 2025: €527.4M (its accounts).
- Siemens Mobility SAS1 contract over 6.5 years · at most ~€66.8M a year on averageup to €445.7M
- Alstom1 contract over 4 years · at most ~€56M a year on averageup to €210M
- Axeo1 contract over 6 years · at most ~€17M a year on average · framework agreement: maximum envelopeup to €102M
- Nicollin SAS1 contract over 6.5 years · at most ~€13.7M a year on averageup to €90M
- Veolia Agriculture France3 contracts over 4 years · at most ~€20.2M a year on averageup to €80.6M
- Ginger Cebtp4 contracts over 4 to 4 years · at most ~€10.7M a year on average · framework agreements: maximum envelopesup to €42.9M
- Urbaser Environnement1 contract over 4.5 years · at most ~€6.6M a year on averageup to €28M
326 contracts signed in 2025 · €1.20B before tax
Why this total differs from the €527.4M of purchases, services and works 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
€268.7M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €223 per resident. Metropolitan authorities: €307.
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- Travaux de reconstruction du Pont de l’Attargette, du Pont des Canotiers…2023 · Bouygues Travaux Publics Regions France€11.9M
- 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
- Travaux de marquage au sol sur le territoire de la MEL2025 · 2 companies€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: €1.22B.
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€1,015
- DépartementNordMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads€1,308
- RegionHauts-de-FranceHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support€628
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.
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 Métropole Européenne de Lille: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.
Page edited by Qipu, independent of Métropole Européenne de Lille · Sources and method
Accounts 2025 (DGFiP, OFGL). The method · See the source