Lot-et-Garonne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 33,299 residents
How much does Agen spend?
Mayor: Laurent Bruneau since March 2026 · 39 town councillors
What the money pays for in Agen
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Agen spends 0 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size43.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteAgen devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration33.2M€77 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports3.3M€8 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Health and social action2.4M€6 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Education and training2.3M€5 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing809k€2 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Transport657k€2 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Security and public health203k€0 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Economic action104k€0 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Environment92k€0 %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.
Spending75.8 M€
Achats et charges externes38M€50 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1.5 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies5.2M€7 %Charges financières867k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)445k€1 %Revenue76.5 M€
Property tax in Agen
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Agen collected 24.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 32% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €906 per inhabitant
Of which 28.2 M€ of equipment. That is +88.9 % 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 · 34.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · +51.4 % 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 · 47 contracts
Top supplier: Eurovia Aquitaine, 4.7 M€, petits travaux de voirie
All the town’s contracts (787)
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: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2021.
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.