Alpes-Maritimes · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 574,284 residents · Chair: Eric Ciotti

Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur

€694 million spent in 2025.

€1,209 per resident · Metropolitan authorities: €1,165

What Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur spends, by policy

Administration and shared services23%€156.3M
Bodies do not all file the same costs here: some put all their staff under it.
Streets and transport20%€141.4M
Loans: repayments and interest15%€101.9M
Town planning and housing11%€75.9M
Waste, water and environment9%€65.2M
Economy and trade3%€22.5M
Not assigned to a policy18%€122.9M

The 4 other items (1%)

Public safety1%€3.9M
Education< 1%€2.4M
Culture, sport and youth< 1%€1.3M
Health and social care< 1%€253k

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €694M, by recipient.

Companies and contractors35%€243.6M
See the names ↓
Staff26%€178.2M
Pay and contributions.
Grants and contributions21%€143.2M
Banks and lenders15%€101.9M
Joint bodies and syndicates2%€10.6M
Benefits paid to people< 1%€91k
Compulsory contributions< 1%€90k
Other2%€16.4M
Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur (DGFiP).

398 contracts signed in 2025 · €1.11B before tax

Why this total differs from the €243.6M 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

€158.4M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €276 per resident. Metropolitan authorities: €307.

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

On top of that, €11.9M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €616.8M · borrowing: €30.2M · spending: €694M.

Breakdown of resources

Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)40%€256.3M
State and other contributions22%€143.6M
Users and rents18%€114.7M
Grants for works and VAT refunds13%€84M
Other receipts3%€18.2M
Borrowing5%€30.2M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€2,987 of debt per resident

Metropolitan authorities: €1,853

10.3 years of savings to repay it

€204 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 Nice Côte d'Azur

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

IntercommunalityMétropole Nice Côte d'AzurWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
€1,209
DépartementAlpes-MaritimesMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
€1,298
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
€530

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.

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Page edited by Qipu, independent of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur · Sources and method

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