Loire-Atlantique · Pays de la Loire · 10,360 residents
How much does Blain spend?
Mayor: Thomas Jouan since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Blain
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Blain spends 27 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size8.7 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBlain devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.4M€39 %elsewhere: 32%more than elsewhere (32%)
- Education and training2.2M€25 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.2M€14 %elsewhere: 19%less than elsewhere (19%)
- Transport914k€11 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing630k€7 %elsewhere: 8%less than elsewhere (8%)
- Health and social action333k€4 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Security and public health38k€0 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Economic action16k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
- Environment8k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less 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.
Spending12.6 M€
Charges de personnel5.3M€42 %Achats et charges externes2.2M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 164 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1M€8 %Charges financières139k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)126k€1 %Revenue13.9 M€
Property tax in Blain
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Blain collected 6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 44% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €385 per inhabitant
Of which 3.1 M€ of equipment. That is −21.0 % 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 · 8.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · −8.9 % 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 2025 · 24 contracts
Top supplier: SAS Landais Andre, 2.6 M€, travaux pour la réalisation de la phase 3 de l’opération de réaménagement des espaces publics des espaces publics du…
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.
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.