Puy-de-Dôme · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 6,859 residents
How much does Ambert spend?
Mayor: Didier Doré since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in Ambert
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Ambert spends 3 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size7.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteAmbert devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.1M€29 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Regional planning and housing1.5M€21 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Health and social action1.1M€15 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Education and training1.1M€15 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports943k€13 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Economic action238k€3 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Security and public health137k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment125k€2 %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.
Spending9.5 M€
Charges de personnel4.4M€47 %Achats et charges externes1.8M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 276 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies559k€6 %Impôts et taxes (charges)145k€2 %Charges financières113k€1 %Revenue9.9 M€
Property tax in Ambert
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Ambert collected 3.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 37% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €352 per inhabitant
Of which 1.5 M€ of equipment. That is +19.9 % 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 · 7.5 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −3.0 % 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 · 7 contracts
Top supplier: Eurovia Drome Ardeche Loire Auvergne, 2 M€, vOIRIE 2026-2030
All the town’s contracts (244)
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.