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Guadeloupe · Guadeloupe · 9,973 residents

How much does Basse-Terre spend?

Mayor: André Atallah since March 2026 · 29 town councillors

25.5M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+2.9 % vs 2023 · +13.0 % since 2019
2,556 € per inhabitant · 25.2 M€ collected · balance -326 k€
+2.9 % vs 2023 · +13.0 % since 2019

Spending and revenue

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

Spending25.5 M€

Revenue25.2 M€

What the town builds

3.6M€

invested in 2024 · €342 per inhabitant

Of which 2.9 M€ of equipment. That is +14.0 % compared with 2023.

Funding1.6 M€
Subventions d'investissement1.2M€
Dotations et fonds propres398k€
Emprunts et dettes7k€
What is built or repaid3.6 M€
Dépenses d'équipement2.9M€
Emprunts et dettes692k€
Autres immobilisations financières1k€

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

Debt

1,070

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 10.7 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −28.5 % 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

23.6M€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 17 contracts

Top supplier: Getelec Guadeloupe, 16.9 M€, création d un dispositif de vidéoprotection et dun centre supervision urbain

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: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Compare with another town

Basse-Terre versus Saint-Claude (Guadeloupe)
Basse-TerreSaint-Claude
Local taxes
1,018 · 386per inhabitant
Debt
1,070 · 197per inhabitant
Gross savings
149 · 234per inhabitant

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.

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