Alpes-Maritimes · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 351,011 residents
How much does Nice spend?
Mayor: Eric Ciotti since March 2026 · 69 town councillors
What the money pays for in Nice
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Nice spends 16 % more per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size543.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteNice devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports153M€28 %elsewhere: 24%more than elsewhere (24%)
- General administration104M€19 %elsewhere: 27%less than elsewhere (27%)
- Education and training96.5M€18 %elsewhere: 18%same as elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health74.8M€14 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Health and social action64.7M€12 %elsewhere: 14%less than elsewhere (14%)
- Regional planning and housing26.4M€5 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action13.3M€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport6.2M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Environment4.1M€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
Shares are computed on the allocated amount, excluding transfers. “Elsewhere”: the median share of towns the same size — half devote more, half less. Source: DGFiP accounting balances.
Spending and revenue
What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.
Spending722.5 M€
Charges de personnel238M€33 %Achats et charges externes190M€26 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 26.2 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies103M€14 %Charges financières16.3M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)6.8M€1 %Revenue744.1 M€
Property tax in Nice
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Nice collected 391.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 53% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €487 per inhabitant
Of which 89.2 M€ of equipment. That is +18.8 % compared with 2023.
Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.
Debt
per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 547.1 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · +13.6 % per inhabitant since 2018
Outstanding debt and gross savings: OFGL, main budget. The number of years is the debt-repayment capacity, debt divided by gross savings.
What the town buys
in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 676 contracts
Top supplier: Europ'Elec, 95 M€, lot 2 travaux d’électricité dans les établissements sociaux, culturels et cultuels de la ville de Nice
All the town’s contracts (1,687)
Marchés de plus de 40 000 € HT déclarés à la notification (DECP) : montants des contrats, pas les paiements. Les plus petits marchés ne sont pas publiés ; les montants manifestement erronés sont écartés. Years published by the town: 2019, 2020, 2025, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
Compare with another town
Per inhabitant, 2024 accounts, OFGL. Towns of the same département, by size. A town above or below is not better or worse run. Property-tax rate: municipal share only, excluding the inter-municipal body and additional levies, source REI DGFiP.