Drôme · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 20,120 residents
How much does Bourg-lès-Valence spend?
Mayor: Marlène Mourier since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Bourg-lès-Valence
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Bourg-lès-Valence spends 29 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size18.6 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBourg-lès-Valence devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5M€27 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training4.9M€26 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing3.3M€18 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.9M€10 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Security and public health1.5M€8 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment793k€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport786k€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Health and social action444k€2 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Economic action12k€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.
Spending24.7 M€
Charges de personnel12.2M€49 %Achats et charges externes4.5M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 528 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.8M€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)323k€1 %Charges financières260k€1 %Charges exceptionnelles186k€1 %Revenue27.6 M€
Property tax in Bourg-lès-Valence
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Bourg-lès-Valence collected 9.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 36% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €260 per inhabitant
Of which 4.2 M€ of equipment. That is −40.5 % 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 · 8.2 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −35.0 % 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 · 31 contracts
Top supplier: Espace Temps, 1.7 M€, mission de maitrise d’oeuvre pour la rénovation et l’extension du théâtre le rhône
All the town’s contracts (167)
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.