Pyrénées-Atlantiques · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 8,969 residents
How much does Boucau spend?
Mayor: Mathieu Horn since March 2026 · 28 town councillors
What the money pays for in Boucau
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Boucau spends 7 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size8.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBoucau devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.8M€33 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Regional planning and housing2.1M€25 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Education and training1.3M€16 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports1M€12 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Health and social action900k€11 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health168k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport157k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment16k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action14k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending11.2 M€
Charges de personnel4.4M€39 %Achats et charges externes2.2M€20 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 329 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.9M€17 %Charges financières234k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)137k€1 %Revenue11.7 M€
Property tax in Boucau
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Boucau collected 5 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 43% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €276 per inhabitant
Of which 1.4 M€ of equipment. That is −53.4 % 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 · 7.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −18.9 % 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 2023 · 4 contracts
Top supplier: Groupe MTM (MTM Bureautique), 58 k€, groupement de commande Marché de Fournitures de bureau entre la Commune de Boucau et son CCAS - Lot 4 : Fournitures de…
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, 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.