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Charente-Maritime · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 838 residents

How much does Ballon spend?

Mayor: Stéphane Gendre since March 2026 · 15 town councillors

796k€
spent in , municipal accounts
+11.1 % vs 2023 · 2.3 times more than in 2019
950 € per inhabitant · 789 k€ collected · balance -7 k€
+11.1 % vs 2023 · 2.3 times more than in 2019

Spending and revenue

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

Spending796 k€

Revenue789 k€

Property tax in Ballon

45.3%

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

Median for towns of its size band: 35.81%.

In 2024, Ballon collected 304 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 39% of its revenue.

What the town builds

247k€

invested in 2024 · €309 per inhabitant

Of which 40 k€ of equipment. That is −12.7 % compared with 2023.

Funding299 k€
Subventions d'investissement175k€
Dotations et fonds propres124k€
What is built or repaid247 k€
Emprunts et dettes207k€
Dépenses d'équipement40k€

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

Debt

750

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 628 k€ in total

Towns of its size: €476 per inhabitant · 7.3 times more than in 2018

Outstanding debt and gross savings: OFGL, main budget. The number of years is the debt-repayment capacity, debt divided by gross savings.

Compare with another town

Ballon versus Saint-Bonnet-sur-Gironde
BallonSaint-Bonnet-sur-Gironde
Local taxes
343 · 414per inhabitant
Debt
750 · 1,292per inhabitant
Gross savings
-71 · 218per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
45.3 % · 35.61 % 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) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method