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Pyrénées-Orientales · Occitanie · 3,612 residents

How much does Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda spend?

Mayor: Marie Costa since March 2026 · 27 town councillors

8.6M€
spent in , municipal accounts
−0.2 % vs 2023 · +14.1 % since 2019
2,368 € per inhabitant · 8.9 M€ collected · balance +374 k€
−0.2 % vs 2023 · +14.1 % since 2019

What the money pays for in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda spends 106 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.

Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size6.6 M€

“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteAmélie-les-Bains-Palalda devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share

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.

Revenue8.9 M€

Property tax in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

38.98%

municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023

Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.

In 2024, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda collected 4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 44% of its revenue.

What the town builds

1.7M€

invested in 2024 · €492 per inhabitant

Of which 876 k€ of equipment. That is +23.9 % compared with 2023.

Funding1.1 M€
Emprunts et dettes752k€
Subventions d'investissement287k€
Dotations et fonds propres54k€
What is built or repaid1.7 M€
Dépenses d'équipement876k€
Emprunts et dettes853k€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

2,579

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 9.3 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +28.9 % 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

1.8M€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 2 contracts

Top supplier: Entreprise Fabre Freres, 1.8 M€, conception d’un réseau géothermal

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, 2021, 2025, 2026.

Compare with another town

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda versus Espira-de-l'Agly
Amélie-les-Bains-PalaldaEspira-de-l'Agly
Local taxes
1,224 · 513per inhabitant
Debt
2,579 · 458per inhabitant
Gross savings
280 · 280per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
38.98 % · 34.87 % in 2025

The full comparison

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method