Charente · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 4,904 residents
How much does Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire spend?
Mayor: Vincent Renaudin since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire spends 21 % less per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size3.4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBarbezieux-Saint-Hilaire devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Regional planning and housing1.4M€40 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- General administration1.3M€40 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Culture, youth and sports536k€16 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Health and social action69k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport27k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment23k€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health22k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action5k€0 %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.
Spending6.1 M€
Charges de personnel1.9M€31 %Achats et charges externes981k€16 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 174 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies408k€7 %Charges financières70k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)58k€1 %Revenue6.3 M€
Property tax in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · down since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire collected 1.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 30% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €544 per inhabitant
Of which 2.3 M€ of equipment. That is +34.2 % 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 · 5.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +17.8 % 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
in public contracts awarded in 2025 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Faure Josselyn, 135 k€, déconstruction d’une grange et reprise des avoisinants
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, 2024, 2025.
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.