Cher · Centre-Val de Loire · 65,723 residents
How much does Bourges spend?
Mayor: Yann Galut since March 2026 · 49 town councillors
What the money pays for in Bourges
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Bourges spends 19 % less per inhabitant than towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size77.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBourges devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports27.9M€36 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- General administration21.3M€28 %elsewhere: 28%less than elsewhere (28%)
- Education and training8.4M€11 %elsewhere: 17%less than elsewhere (17%)
- Regional planning and housing7.1M€9 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Health and social action3.5M€5 %elsewhere: 13%less than elsewhere (13%)
- Environment3.5M€4 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health3M€4 %elsewhere: 5%less than elsewhere (5%)
- Transport2.2M€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action483k€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as 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.
Spending153.3 M€
Charges de personnel49.5M€32 %Achats et charges externes15.9M€10 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 5.9 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies12.7M€8 %Charges financières3.1M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.4M€1 %Revenue157.9 M€
Property tax in Bourges
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.09%.
In 2024, Bourges collected 53 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 34% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €1,041 per inhabitant
Of which 24 M€ of equipment. That is +141.8 % 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 · 98 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,317 per inhabitant · −19.8 % 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 · 106 contracts
Top supplier: Eurovia Centre Loire, 21.4 M€, fourniture mise en oeuvre enrobés lot 1 enrobés NOIRS
All the town’s contracts (888)
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: 2018, 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.