Basse-Terre
Sécurité et salubrité publiques
In 2025, Basse-Terre spent 2.0 M€ on this. That is €200 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Basse-Terre devotes 8.8% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants usually devote 3.3%.
In euros per inhabitant: €200, against €35 usually (+473 %).
What for?
Police, security and justice1.4 M€
Fire and rescue587 k€
Other protection of people and property894 €
Spent on what?
Basic pay1.0 M€
Fire service587 k€
Pension fund contributions193 k€
Social security agency contributions92 k€
Family supplement and residence allowance23 k€
Service contracts20 k€
Maintenance19 k€
Clothing and workwear12 k€
Energy — electricity6 k€
Security and caretaking6 k€
Contributions to the local government training and management bodies5 k€
Other materials and supplies5 k€
Other types of spending16 k€
Towns of the same size, around it by share of budget
2025 operating expenditure, as the town voted it by function. Source: DGFiP — balances comptables, présentation croisée nature-fonction. The comparison is first on the share of the operating budget — the reading that does not depend on how wealthy the town is — then on euros per inhabitant, against the median of towns in the same DGFiP population band. Transfers to the inter-municipal body are excluded on both sides.