Hauts-de-Seine · Île-de-France · 89,421 residents
How much does Colombes spend?
Mayor: Joakim Giacomoni since March 2026 · 53 town councillors
What the money pays for in Colombes
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Colombes spends 9 % less per inhabitant than towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size118 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteColombes devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration33M€28 %elsewhere: 28%same as elsewhere (28%)
- Education and training25.9M€22 %elsewhere: 17%more than elsewhere (17%)
- Health and social action18M€15 %elsewhere: 13%more than elsewhere (13%)
- Culture, youth and sports13.7M€12 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Security and public health10.3M€9 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Environment7.7M€7 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing6.7M€6 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Economic action1.3M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Transport1.2M€1 %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.
Spending210.6 M€
Charges de personnel73.4M€35 %Achats et charges externes28M€13 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 3.8 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies17.7M€8 %Charges financières3.7M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)3.2M€2 %Revenue202.2 M€
Property tax in Colombes
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.09%.
In 2024, Colombes collected 78.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 39% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €982 per inhabitant
Of which 71.7 M€ of equipment. That is +19.6 % 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 · 139.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,317 per inhabitant · +17.3 % 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 · 37 contracts
Top supplier: Societe Nouvelle Union Fourlon Setravia U F S, 6 M€, travaux dentretien de petits aménagements et de requalification des voies communales et espaces publics
All the town’s contracts (556)
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.