Hérault · Occitanie · 81,456 residents
How much does Béziers spend?
Mayor: Robert Ménard since March 2026 · 53 town councillors
What the money pays for in Béziers
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Béziers spends 6 % less per inhabitant than towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size111.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBéziers devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration33.4M€30 %elsewhere: 28%more than elsewhere (28%)
- Security and public health16.9M€15 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Culture, youth and sports16.1M€14 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training12.5M€11 %elsewhere: 17%less than elsewhere (17%)
- Health and social action11.2M€10 %elsewhere: 13%less than elsewhere (13%)
- Environment7.3M€7 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing7.1M€6 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Transport3.7M€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action3M€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending170.4 M€
Charges de personnel65.6M€38 %Achats et charges externes26.9M€16 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 3.7 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies16.9M€10 %Charges financières3.5M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.7M€1 %Revenue189.3 M€
Property tax in Béziers
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.09%.
In 2024, Béziers collected 68.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 36% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €715 per inhabitant
Of which 44.5 M€ of equipment. That is −3.6 % 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 · 123.1 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,317 per inhabitant · +7.6 % 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 2026 · 150 contracts
Top supplier: Eurovia Languedoc Roussillon, 22.6 M€, accord cadre a marchés subséquents - programme annuel de
All the town’s contracts (1,727)
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: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
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.