Eure-et-Loir · Centre-Val de Loire · 39,447 residents
How much does Chartres spend?
Mayor: Ladislas Vergne since March 2026 · 39 town councillors
What the money pays for in Chartres
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Chartres spends 5 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size53.6 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteChartres devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration21.6M€40 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports16.6M€31 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training6M€11 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action4.9M€9 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing1.6M€3 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health1.5M€3 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Transport949k€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action236k€0 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Environment66k€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.
Spending92.2 M€
Achats et charges externes27.7M€30 %Charges de personnel13.5M€15 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 5.3 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies11.4M€12 %Charges financières3.4M€4 %Impôts et taxes (charges)789k€1 %Revenue107.2 M€
Property tax in Chartres
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Chartres collected 31.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 29% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €877 per inhabitant
Of which 26 M€ of equipment. That is +28.0 % 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 · 182.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · +34.7 % 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 · 38 contracts
Top supplier: Sogea Centre, 19 M€, conception et la réalisation d’un parking dit parking Saint Pierre
All the town’s contracts (295)
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, 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.