Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 22,190 residents
How much does Bruay-la-Buissière spend?
Mayor: Ludovic Pajot since March 2026 · 36 town councillors
What the money pays for in Bruay-la-Buissière
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Bruay-la-Buissière spends 3 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size28 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteBruay-la-Buissière devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration9.3M€33 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training5.5M€20 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports4.1M€15 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Regional planning and housing3.2M€11 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Health and social action2.4M€9 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Transport1.4M€5 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Security and public health1.4M€5 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment603k€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action165k€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.
Spending43.1 M€
Charges de personnel14.9M€34 %Achats et charges externes9.1M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 558 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies3.6M€8 %Charges financières872k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)599k€1 %Revenue48.1 M€
Property tax in Bruay-la-Buissière
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Bruay-la-Buissière collected 13.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 27% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €619 per inhabitant
Of which 10.5 M€ of equipment. That is −10.7 % 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 · 32.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −8.6 % 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 · 45 contracts
Top supplier: Chevalier Nord, 2.1 M€, restauration du clos et couvert, confortation structurelle et mise en lumière et chauffage de l’église Saint-Martin…
All the town’s contracts (194)
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: 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.