Somme · Hauts-de-France · 136,265 residents
How much does Amiens spend?
Mayor: Frédéric Fauvet since March 2026 · 55 town councillors
What the money pays for in Amiens
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Amiens spends 22 % less per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size141.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteAmiens devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration45.3M€32 %elsewhere: 27%more than elsewhere (27%)
- Education and training27.7M€20 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports18.7M€13 %elsewhere: 24%less than elsewhere (24%)
- Health and social action16.9M€12 %elsewhere: 14%less than elsewhere (14%)
- Regional planning and housing11.8M€8 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health8.3M€6 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Environment7.7M€5 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport3.5M€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action1.6M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as 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.
Spending197.9 M€
Achats et charges externes127M€64 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 3.1 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies11.7M€6 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.8M€1 %Charges financières1.2M€1 %Charges de personnel1.1M€1 %Revenue223.9 M€
Property tax in Amiens
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Amiens collected 88.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 40% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €403 per inhabitant
Of which 38.1 M€ of equipment. That is −4.0 % 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 · 79.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −13.3 % 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 · 19 contracts
Top supplier: Marcanterra, 277 k€, la présente consultation concerne : Les travaux de réhabilitation des passerelles piétonnes du parc Saint-Pierre à…
All the town’s contracts (295)
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: 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.