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Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, in Rennes Métropole
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Ille-et-Vilaine · Bretagne · 483,199 residents · Chair: Nathalie Appéré

Rennes Métropole

€458 million spent in 2025.

€948 per resident · Metropolitan authorities: €1,170

What Rennes Métropole spends, by policy

  • Town planning and housing26%€119.8M
  • Streets and transport18%€80.3M
  • Administration and shared services17%€78.8M

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

  • Economy and trade12%€54M
  • Loans: repayments and interest11%€50.6M
  • Culture, sport and youth7%€31.9M
  • Public safety5%€25.1M
  • Waste, water and environment3%€14.4M
The 4 other items (1%)
  • Health and social care< 1%€589k
  • Education< 1%€307k
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€1.7M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€438k

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

Where the money goes

The €458M spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Companies33%€150.7M

    Purchases, services and works. See the names ↓

  • Associations and other bodies26%€118.1M

    Grants and contributions.

  • The intercommunality’s staff22%€99.8M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Banks11%€50.6M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Public bodies5%€24.1M

    Compulsory contributions, mostly to the fire and rescue service.

  • Syndicates and groupings of local authorities1%€2.5M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions.

  • Residents< 1%€3k

    Aid, study grants and emergency help.

  • Other3%€12.2M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Rennes Métropole (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: €150.7M (its accounts).

183 contracts signed in 2025 · €115.9M before tax

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

  • Fuelall suppliers together · contract in the list: Totalenergies Proxi Nord Ouest (Cpo)paid €1.5M

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 €150.7M 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

€102.5M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €212 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, €76.3M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

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

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €394.2M · borrowing: €48M · spending: €458M.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (business and household taxes, VAT share)44%€201.6M
  • State and other contributions15%€70M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…14%€64.4M
  • Users and rents11%€50M
  • Other receipts2%€8.2M
  • Borrowing10%€48M
  • Drawn from reserves3%€15.8M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€2,224 of debt per resident

Metropolitan authorities: €1,853

7.1 years of savings to repay it

€84 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 Rennes Métropole

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

  • IntercommunalityRennes MétropoleWaste, water, urban transport, economic development
    €948 per resident
  • DépartementIlle-et-VilaineMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,075 per resident
  • RegionBretagneHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €498 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 Rennes 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.

Elected officials and staff of Rennes Métropole: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Rennes Métropole · Sources and method

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