Indre-et-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire · 5,342 residents
How much does Bléré spend?
Mayor: Fabien Nebel since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
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 Bléré
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Bléré spends 8 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBléré devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.2M€43 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Regional planning and housing990k€20 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Education and training923k€18 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports222k€4 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Transport195k€4 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action195k€4 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action176k€4 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Security and public health138k€3 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment4k€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.
Spending7.6 M€
Achats et charges externes2.3M€30 %Charges de personnel2.1M€28 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 193 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies518k€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)78k€1 %Revenue6.8 M€
Property tax in Bléré
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Bléré collected 2.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 38% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €475 per inhabitant
Of which 2.2 M€ of equipment. That is +96.8 % 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 · 2.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · +28.4 % 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 2023 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Auddice Val de Loire, 50 k€, missions d’expertise et d’assistance en matière de biodiversité sur le secteur de la Varenne (création ZAD)
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: 2022, 2023.
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.