Vaucluse · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 26,298 residents
How much does Cavaillon spend?
Mayor: Gérard Daudet since March 2026 · 35 town councillors
What the money pays for in Cavaillon
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Cavaillon spends 18 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size28.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteCavaillon devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports6.6M€23 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training5.5M€20 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration5.4M€19 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Regional planning and housing3.9M€14 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health2.9M€10 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Health and social action1.5M€5 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Environment1.2M€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport713k€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action417k€1 %elsewhere: 1%more than 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.
Spending43.5 M€
Charges de personnel17.4M€40 %Achats et charges externes5.7M€13 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 2.6 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies4.2M€10 %Charges financières721k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)606k€1 %Revenue43.2 M€
Property tax in Cavaillon
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Cavaillon collected 17.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 41% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €547 per inhabitant
Of which 12 M€ of equipment. That is +10.4 % 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 · 21.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · +1.0 % 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 2025 · 41 contracts
Top supplier: Neotravaux, 1.8 M€, réaménagement de la place françois tourel: lot 1 : voirie et réseaux divers
All the town’s contracts (270)
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: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
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.