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Charente · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 1,098 residents

How much does Barret spend?

Mayor: Monique Paulais since March 2026 · 15 town councillors

642k€
spent in , municipal accounts
+25.5 % vs 2023 · +66.1 % since 2019

In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.

585 € per inhabitant · 582 k€ collected · balance -60 k€
+25.5 % vs 2023 · +66.1 % since 2019

In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.

Spending and revenue

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

Spending642 k€

Revenue582 k€

Property tax in Barret

40.89%

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

Median for towns of its size band: 36.86%.

In 2024, Barret collected 382 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 66% of its revenue.

What the town builds

275k€

invested in 2024 · €263 per inhabitant

Of which 91 k€ of equipment. That is +70.2 % compared with 2023.

Funding71 k€
Dotations et fonds propres71k€
What is built or repaid275 k€
Autres immobilisations financières176k€
Dépenses d'équipement91k€
Emprunts et dettes8k€

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

Debt

383

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 420 k€ in total

Towns of its size: €525 per inhabitant · 3.4 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.

What the town buys

428k€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 4 contracts

Top supplier: Golfier-Alexandre, 203 k€, construction d’un atelier communal et restructuration d’un atelier en salle associative

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: 2024, 2025, 2026.

Compare with another town

Barret versus Merpins
BarretMerpins
Local taxes
231 · 237per inhabitant
Debt
383 · 13per inhabitant
Gross savings
88 · 134per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
40.89 % · 33.28 % 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