Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 8,939 residents
How much does Chantonnay spend?
Mayor: Isabelle Moinet since March 2026 · 29 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 Chantonnay
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Chantonnay spends 2 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size9.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteChantonnay devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.1M€34 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.8M€20 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Education and training1.5M€17 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Transport965k€10 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action596k€6 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Regional planning and housing456k€5 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Environment445k€5 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Health and social action197k€2 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health106k€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.
Spending13.5 M€
Charges de personnel4.9M€36 %Achats et charges externes2.6M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 137 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.1M€8 %Impôts et taxes (charges)152k€1 %Revenue14.4 M€
Property tax in Chantonnay
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Chantonnay collected 4.5 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 31% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €554 per inhabitant
Of which 4.3 M€ of equipment. That is +128.9 % 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 · 5.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −38.6 % 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.
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.