Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 3,544 residents
How much does Bournezeau spend?
Mayor: Jérôme Aubineau since March 2026 · 24 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 Bournezeau
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Bournezeau spends 21 % less per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size2.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBournezeau devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration935k€38 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training646k€26 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing476k€19 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Culture, youth and sports225k€9 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Transport137k€6 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action28k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health11k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment5k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action1€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.
Spending6.1 M€
Charges de personnel936k€15 %Achats et charges externes861k€14 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 289 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies573k€9 %Charges financières45k€1 %Revenue6.2 M€
Property tax in Bournezeau
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Bournezeau collected 1.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 25% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €1,081 per inhabitant
Of which 3.5 M€ of equipment. That is +60.1 % 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 · 3.2 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −12.1 % 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 · 12 contracts
Top supplier: Lefevre Centre Ouest, 373 k€, travaux restauration eglise BZO - lot 1 - maçonnerie et pierre de taille
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: 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.