Vaucluse · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 31,459 residents
How much does Carpentras spend?
Mayor: Hervé De Lépinau since March 2026 · 39 town councillors
What the money pays for in Carpentras
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Carpentras spends 2 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size39.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteCarpentras devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration16.6M€42 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports8.6M€22 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training7.6M€19 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health3.2M€8 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Regional planning and housing1.4M€4 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Health and social action1.4M€3 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Transport759k€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action223k€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Environment15k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
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.
Spending56 M€
Charges de personnel23.1M€41 %Achats et charges externes11.7M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1.8 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies3.7M€7 %Charges financières1.7M€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)728k€1 %Charges exceptionnelles565k€1 %Revenue60.7 M€
Property tax in Carpentras
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Carpentras collected 22.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 37% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €492 per inhabitant
Of which 11 M€ of equipment. That is +24.6 % 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 · 87.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · +3.5 % 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 · 40 contracts
Top supplier: Colas France (SRMV), 13.3 M€, travaux pour la réalisation d’aménagements cyclables sur l’itinéraire 19b communes de MAZAN et de Carpentras lot no1…
All the town’s contracts (102)
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: 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.