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Haute-Loire · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 624 residents

How much does Araules spend?

Mayor: Nadine Dufour since March 2026 · 15 town councillors

1.1M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+12.2 % vs 2023 · +17.9 % since 2019
1,698 € per inhabitant · 952 k€ collected · balance -107 k€
+12.2 % vs 2023 · +17.9 % since 2019

Spending and revenue

What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.

Spending1.1 M€

Revenue952 k€

Property tax in Araules

31.88%

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

Median for towns of its size band: 35.81%.

In 2024, Araules collected 228 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 24% of its revenue.

What the town builds

577k€

invested in 2024 · €940 per inhabitant

Of which 455 k€ of equipment. That is +23.2 % compared with 2023.

Funding262 k€
Subventions d'investissement139k€
Dotations et fonds propres124k€
What is built or repaid577 k€
Dépenses d'équipement455k€
Emprunts et dettes122k€

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

Debt

770

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 481 k€ in total

Towns of its size: €476 per inhabitant · −42.8 % 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

417k€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 1 contracts

Top supplier: Roger Martin Auvergne Rhone Alpes (Moulin TP), 417 k€, travaux de Sécurisation AEP et Interconnexion au réseau SIPEP / LOT 1 Canalisations

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

Araules versus Saint-Vidal
AraulesSaint-Vidal
Local taxes
470 · 307per inhabitant
Debt
770 · 957per inhabitant
Gross savings
522 · 257per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
31.88 % · 29.9 % 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