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La Seyne-sur-Mer, in Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée
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Var · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 455,118 residents · Chair: Josée Massi

Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée

€578.8 million spent in 2025.

€1,272 per resident · Metropolitan authorities: €1,170

What Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée spends, by policy

  • Streets and transport22%€126.1M
  • Waste, water and environment21%€120.6M
  • Town planning and housing17%€96M
  • Administration and shared services14%€79.6M
  • Culture, sport and youth10%€57.4M
  • Loans: repayments and interest6%€32M
  • Public safety3%€16.2M
  • Passed on to other bodies5%€31.8M
The 4 other items (3%)
  • Economy and trade1%€7.2M
  • Health and social care1%€5.7M
  • Education1%€5.5M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€520k

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €578.8M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies47%€271.5M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • The intercommunality’s staff23%€130.9M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Associations and other bodies12%€71.7M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities6%€32.7M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Banks6%€32M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Public bodies2%€12.1M

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Residents< 1%€348k

    Aid, study grants and emergency help.

  • Other5%€27.4M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée (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: €271.5M (its accounts).

197 contracts signed in 2025 · €273.6M before tax

Why this total differs from the €271.5M 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

€157.1M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €345 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, €16.7M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €498.8M · borrowing: €70M · spending: €578.8M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)55%€318.1M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…13%€78M
  • State and other contributions11%€62.3M
  • Users and rents5%€31.3M
  • Other receipts2%€9.2M
  • Borrowing12%€70M
  • Drawn from reserves2%€9.9M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€1,141 of debt per resident

Metropolitan authorities: €1,853

5.4 years of savings to repay it

€248 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 Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée

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

  • IntercommunalityMétropole Toulon-Provence-MéditerranéeWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €1,272 per resident
  • DépartementVarMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,255 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 Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée

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 Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée · Sources and method

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