Calvados · Normandie · 3,617 residents
How much does Cabourg spend?
Mayor: Emmanuel Porcq 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 Cabourg
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Cabourg spends 402 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size16 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteCabourg devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration6.5M€40 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Regional planning and housing3.6M€22 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Culture, youth and sports3.1M€20 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Education and training977k€6 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health897k€6 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action455k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action224k€1 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Environment191k€1 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport82k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending28.2 M€
Charges de personnel8.4M€30 %Achats et charges externes5.5M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 627 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.7M€6 %Impôts et taxes (charges)369k€1 %Revenue26.5 M€
Property tax in Cabourg
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Cabourg collected 10.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 41% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €3,282 per inhabitant
Of which 11.4 M€ of equipment. That is +115.6 % 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 · 11.2 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +70.7 % 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 · 4 contracts
Top supplier: Bouygues Energies & Services, 600 k€, fourniture, installation et maintenance d’illuminations festives pour la ville de Cabourg
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: 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.