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Ain · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 9,570 residents

How much does Belley spend?

Mayor: Dimitri Lahuerta since March 2026 · 29 town councillors

15M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+21.0 % vs 2023 · −9.7 % since 2019

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

1,566 € per inhabitant · 12.5 M€ collected · balance -2.5 M€
+21.0 % vs 2023 · −9.7 % since 2019

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

What the money pays for in Belley

The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.

Belley spends 11 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.

Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size10.9 M€

“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBelley devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share

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.

Revenue12.5 M€

Property tax in Belley

30.82%

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

Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.

In 2024, Belley collected 5.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 47% of its revenue.

What the town builds

4.3M€

invested in 2024 · €450 per inhabitant

Of which 3.3 M€ of equipment. That is +152.9 % compared with 2023.

Funding380 k€
Dotations et fonds propres288k€
Subventions d'investissement92k€
Emprunts et dettes300
What is built or repaid4.3 M€
Dépenses d'équipement3.3M€
Emprunts et dettes958k€

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

Debt

1,280

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 12.2 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −18.1 % 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

99k€

in public contracts awarded in 2023 · 1 contracts

Top supplier: Fontaine TP, 99 k€, démolition d’un hangar communal

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: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.

Compare with another town

Belley versus Prévessin-Moëns
BelleyPrévessin-Moëns
Local taxes
884 · 566per inhabitant
Debt
1,280 · 547per inhabitant
Gross savings
208 · 548per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
30.82 % · 25.85 % 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