Haute-Loire · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 4,473 residents
How much does Brives-Charensac spend?
Mayor: Jean-Paul Bringer since March 2026 · 27 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 Brives-Charensac
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Brives-Charensac spends 3 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBrives-Charensac devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.3M€32 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training905k€22 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports732k€18 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Transport626k€15 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing215k€5 %elsewhere: 10%less than elsewhere (10%)
- Economic action149k€4 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Security and public health57k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action53k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment24k€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.
Spending6.9 M€
Charges de personnel2M€29 %Achats et charges externes1.1M€17 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 390 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies757k€11 %Impôts et taxes (charges)82k€1 %Charges financières46k€1 %Revenue7.1 M€
Property tax in Brives-Charensac
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Brives-Charensac collected 2.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 37% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €661 per inhabitant
Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is +108.9 % 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 · 2.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −9.2 % 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 · 10 contracts
Top supplier: Établissements Chazallon, 592 k€, opé 2905 tennis lot 04 charente métallique
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.