Bas-Rhin · Grand Est · 12,570 residents
How much does Bischwiller spend?
Mayor: Guillaume Noth since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Bischwiller
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Bischwiller spends 15 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size12.4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBischwiller devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.6M€45 %elsewhere: 32%more than elsewhere (32%)
- Culture, youth and sports2.6M€21 %elsewhere: 19%more than elsewhere (19%)
- Education and training1.4M€11 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action1.3M€11 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Regional planning and housing848k€7 %elsewhere: 8%less than elsewhere (8%)
- Security and public health501k€4 %elsewhere: 4%same as elsewhere (4%)
- Environment59k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action15k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
- Transport14k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending18.1 M€
Charges de personnel7.1M€39 %Achats et charges externes2.9M€16 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1.4 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies2M€11 %Impôts et taxes (charges)201k€1 %Revenue20.2 M€
Property tax in Bischwiller
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Bischwiller collected 3.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 17% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €463 per inhabitant
Of which 5.3 M€ of equipment. That is −20.2 % 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 · 4.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · +46.0 % 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 · 11 contracts
Top supplier: G.C.M., 1 M€, désimperméabilisation et végétalisation des espaces publics
All the town’s contracts (317)
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: 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.