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Moselle · Grand Est · 234,112 residents · Chair: François Grosdidier

Metz Métropole

€262.7 million spent in 2025.

€1,122 per resident · Metropolitan authorities: €1,165

What Metz Métropole spends, by policy

  • Waste, water and environment22%€58M
  • Streets and transport18%€46.9M
  • Culture, sport and youth18%€46.8M
  • Administration and shared services15%€38.7M
  • Town planning and housing10%€27.2M
  • Economy and trade5%€13.6M
  • Public safety5%€13.4M
  • Loans: repayments and interest3%€7.7M
The 4 other items (4%)
  • Health and social care2%€6.3M
  • Education1%€3.5M
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€511k
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€91k

Source: 2025 accounts of Metz Métropole (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €262.7M, by recipient.

  • Companies and contractors51%€134.6M

    See the names ↓

  • Staff26%€68.7M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Grants and contributions11%€28.4M
  • Compulsory contributions7%€17.3M
  • Banks and lenders3%€7.7M
  • Joint bodies and syndicates1%€1.8M
  • Benefits paid to people< 1%€26k
  • Other2%€4.2M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Metz Métropole (DGFiP).

384 contracts signed in 2025 · €152.6M before tax

Why this total differs from the €134.6M 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

€91.4M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €390 per resident. Metropolitan authorities: €307.

  • Travaux neufs et de rénovation d’éclairage2023€15M
  • Travaux d’aménagement sur le réseau d’eaux pluviales2025 · 2 companies€6M
  • Projet de transport collectif mettis2024 · Ineo Réseaux Nord Est€4.2M
  • Mise en oeuvre d’enrobés sur les voiries metropolitaines hors agglomération2024–2025 · Colas France (Établissement de Metz)€4M
  • Ms0 a bdc-1er ATT-Travaux restauration entretien cours d’eau en milieux naturels2025 · Bertrand (RN Paysages)€4M

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

On top of that, €14.5M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Metz Métropole (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €220.4M · borrowing: €45.5M · spending: €262.7M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)44%€115.9M
  • State and other contributions17%€43.9M
  • Grants for works and VAT refunds15%€40.4M
  • Users and rents5%€12.4M
  • Other receipts3%€7.7M
  • Borrowing17%€45.5M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€968 of debt per resident

Metropolitan authorities: €1,853

5.3 years of savings to repay it

€80 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 Metz Métropole

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

  • IntercommunalityMetz MétropoleWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €1,122
  • DépartementMoselleMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €967
  • RegionGrand EstHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €662

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 Metz Métropole

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 Metz Métropole · Sources and method

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