Local authorities (APUL) · departmental level
Transport, roads & infrastructure
Transport, roads & infrastructure
- National (€/yr)
- 9.1 bn€
- Per inhabitant (€/mo)
- 11 €/mo
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Key figures to remember
101 departments
(96 metropolitan + 5 overseas). Historic 19th-c. tier, refocused since 2015 on human solidarity (RSA, APA, ASE).
Source: DGCL1.9 million RSA households
RSA is paid by CAF but funded mostly by departments (devolution under the 2003 Act).
Source: DREES 2024~6,800 public lower-secondary
schools (collèges) built, maintained and equipped by departments. ~3.4 M pupils. The State pays the teachers.
Source: DEPP RERS 2024