Charente · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 3,833 residents
How much does Châteaubernard spend?
Mayor: Pierre Nau since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Châteaubernard
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Châteaubernard spends 27 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteChâteaubernard devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training1.1M€25 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration1M€24 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Regional planning and housing979k€23 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Culture, youth and sports679k€16 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Transport209k€5 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment124k€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health104k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action67k€2 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Health and social action76€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.
Spending5.5 M€
Charges de personnel2.3M€41 %Achats et charges externes1.7M€31 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 23 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies336k€6 %Impôts et taxes (charges)63k€1 %Revenue6 M€
Property tax in Châteaubernard
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Châteaubernard collected 1.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 27% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €301 per inhabitant
Of which 987 k€ of equipment. That is −15.3 % 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 · 465 k€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · 2.9 times less than in 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 · 10 contracts
Top supplier: Beis, 269 k€, travaux portant sur l’aménagement de l’Ecole maternelle La Combe des Dames & la rénovation thermique de l’Ecole…
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: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 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.