Manche · Normandie · 10,748 residents
How much does Avranches spend?
Mayor: David Nicolas since March 2026 · 36 town councillors
What the money pays for in Avranches
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Avranches spends 1 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size12.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteAvranches devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.2M€43 %elsewhere: 32%more than elsewhere (32%)
- Education and training2.5M€21 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports2.1M€17 %elsewhere: 19%less than elsewhere (19%)
- Regional planning and housing891k€7 %elsewhere: 8%less than elsewhere (8%)
- Health and social action481k€4 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport454k€4 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health248k€2 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment221k€2 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action80k€1 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending18.9 M€
Charges de personnel7.1M€37 %Achats et charges externes3M€16 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 384 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.3M€7 %Charges financières162k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)161k€1 %Revenue18.5 M€
Property tax in Avranches
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · down since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Avranches collected 6.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 33% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €666 per inhabitant
Of which 5.8 M€ of equipment. That is +17.1 % 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 · 11.2 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · +5.2 % 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 2025 · 14 contracts
Top supplier: Ipgarde, 20 M€, lOT 2 Fourniture de services bureautiques en ligne
All the town’s contracts (133)
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: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 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.