Vaucluse · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 91,878 residents
How much does Avignon spend?
Mayor: Olivier Galzi since March 2026 · 53 town councillors
What the money pays for in Avignon
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Avignon spends 6 % more per inhabitant than towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size141.6 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteAvignon devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration65.4M€46 %elsewhere: 28%more than elsewhere (28%)
- Culture, youth and sports24.7M€17 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Regional planning and housing14.1M€10 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health13M€9 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Education and training12.8M€9 %elsewhere: 17%less than elsewhere (17%)
- Environment8.9M€6 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action1.1M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Transport914k€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Health and social action685k€0 %elsewhere: 13%less than elsewhere (13%)
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.
Spending217.4 M€
Charges de personnel86.3M€40 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 10.6 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies33.4M€15 %Achats et charges externes25.1M€12 %Charges financières6.1M€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)3M€1 %Revenue242.4 M€
Property tax in Avignon
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.09%.
In 2024, Avignon collected 80.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 33% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €674 per inhabitant
Of which 41.3 M€ of equipment. That is +11.2 % 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 · 219.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,317 per inhabitant · +24.6 % 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 · 61 contracts
Top supplier: Eiffage Energie Systemes - Infra Mediterranee (Albares), 6 M€, lot 1 - exploitation, maintenance et travaux des installations de contrôle d’accès urbain (CAU)
All the town’s contracts (894)
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, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2021.
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.