Charente · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 42,715 residents
How much does Angoulême spend?
Mayor: Xavier Bonnefont since March 2026 · 43 town councillors
What the money pays for in Angoulême
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Angoulême spends 23 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size68.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteAngoulême devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration17.7M€26 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training14.5M€21 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports11.2M€17 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Health and social action10.1M€15 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing8.5M€12 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Transport2.3M€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Security and public health1.7M€2 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment1.6M€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action568k€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.
Spending96.3 M€
Charges de personnel42.1M€44 %Achats et charges externes16.6M€17 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 5.4 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies10.7M€11 %Charges financières1.6M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.1M€1 %Revenue103.6 M€
Property tax in Angoulême
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Angoulême collected 40.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 39% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €540 per inhabitant
Of which 16.8 M€ of equipment. That is +6.4 % 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 · 58.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −0.2 % 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 · 25 contracts
Top supplier: Suez RV Charente Limousin, 5.8 M€, evacuation et traitement des déchets collectés dans les services de la ville d’Angoulême – 6 Lots - Prise en charge…
All the town’s contracts (541)
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.