Bouches-du-Rhône · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 150,641 residents
How much does Aix-en-Provence spend?
Mayor: Sophie Joissains since March 2026 · 55 town councillors
What the money pays for in Aix-en-Provence
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Aix-en-Provence spends 14 % more per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size228.7 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteAix-en-Provence devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports57.7M€25 %elsewhere: 24%more than elsewhere (24%)
- General administration55.4M€24 %elsewhere: 27%less than elsewhere (27%)
- Education and training30.5M€13 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Economic action25.4M€11 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Regional planning and housing14.4M€6 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Health and social action13.5M€6 %elsewhere: 14%less than elsewhere (14%)
- Environment11.6M€5 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Security and public health11.4M€5 %elsewhere: 5%same as elsewhere (5%)
- Transport8.7M€4 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending292.6 M€
Charges de personnel119M€41 %Achats et charges externes48.9M€17 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 18.9 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies31.2M€11 %Charges financières3.2M€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.9M€1 %Revenue297.3 M€
Property tax in Aix-en-Provence
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Aix-en-Provence collected 106.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 36% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €601 per inhabitant
Of which 60.1 M€ of equipment. That is +23.0 % 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 · 149.2 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −14.7 % 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 · 175 contracts
Top supplier: Vitori, 27.6 M€, délégation de service public pour la gestion et l’exploitation du grand théâtre de Provence
All the town’s contracts (1,328)
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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
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.