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Hautes-Pyrénées · Occitanie · 887 residents

How much does Cauterets spend?

Mayor: Clément Eulacia since March 2026 · 15 town councillors

8M€
spent in , municipal accounts
−18.4 % vs 2023 · +1.4 % since 2019
9,066 € per inhabitant · 9.6 M€ collected · balance +1.6 M€
−18.4 % vs 2023 · +1.4 % since 2019

Spending and revenue

What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.

Spending8 M€

Revenue9.6 M€

Property tax in Cauterets

47.09%

municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023

Median for towns of its size band: 35.81%.

In 2024, Cauterets collected 3.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 34% of its revenue.

What the town builds

1.8M€

invested in 2024 · €1,879 per inhabitant

Of which 933 k€ of equipment. That is −43.9 % compared with 2023.

Funding1.7 M€
Dotations et fonds propres1.4M€
Subventions d'investissement268k€
Emprunts et dettes1k€
What is built or repaid1.8 M€
Dépenses d'équipement933k€
Emprunts et dettes869k€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

12,266

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 10.9 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €476 per inhabitant · +94.5 % 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

488k€

in public contracts awarded in 2023 · 3 contracts

Top supplier: Toponymy, 300 k€, accord -cadre à bons de commande de Maîtrise d’oeuvre urbaine

All the town’s contracts (51)

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.

Compare with another town

Cauterets versus Lamarque-Pontacq
CauteretsLamarque-Pontacq
Local taxes
5,167 · 282per inhabitant
Debt
12,266 · 373per inhabitant
Gross savings
2,819 · 148per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
47.09 % · 35.66 % in 2025

The full comparison

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method