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

Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur

€683.5 million spent in 2025.

€1,190 per resident · Metropolitan authorities: €1,170

What Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur spends, by policy

  • Administration and shared services23%€156.7M

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

  • Streets and transport21%€141.7M
  • Town planning and housing12%€84.1M
  • Loans: repayments and interest12%€82.3M
  • Waste, water and environment10%€65.2M
  • Economy and trade3%€22.7M
  • 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.

Where the money goes

The €683.5M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies36%€243.6M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The intercommunality’s staff26%€178.2M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Associations and other bodies21%€143.2M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Banks12%€82.3M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities2%€10.6M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Residents< 1%€91k

    Aid, study grants and emergency help.

  • Public bodies< 1%€90k

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Other4%€25.5M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur (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: €243.6M (its accounts).

270 contracts signed in 2025 · €361.3M before tax

What the intercommunality paid in 2025 for these kinds of purchase, from its accounts

  • Fuelall suppliers together · contract in the list: Totalenergies Marketing Francepaid €2M

The accounts say how much was paid for each kind of purchase, not to which company. A purchase paid by another public body (joint order, shared service) is not in them.

Why this total differs from the €243.6M 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

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

Click a building site to see the contract

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: €683.5M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)37%€256.3M
  • State and other contributions21%€143.6M
  • Users and rents17%€114.7M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…12%€84M
  • Other receipts3%€18.2M
  • Borrowing4%€30.2M
  • Drawn from reserves5%€36.6M

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
    €1,190 per resident
  • DépartementAlpes-MaritimesMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,300 per resident
  • RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €558 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 Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur

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 Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

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

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