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Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 8,251 residents

How much does Courcelles-lès-Lens spend?

Mayor: Pierre Szczypinski since March 2026 · 29 town councillors

12.9M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+15.5 % vs 2023 · +42.7 % since 2019
1,558 € per inhabitant · 10.6 M€ collected · balance -2.2 M€
+15.5 % vs 2023 · +42.7 % since 2019

What the money pays for in Courcelles-lès-Lens

The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.

Courcelles-lès-Lens spends 33 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.

Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size5.6 M€

“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteCourcelles-lès-Lens devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share

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.

Revenue10.6 M€

Property tax in Courcelles-lès-Lens

40.6%

municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023

Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.

In 2024, Courcelles-lès-Lens collected 1.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 18% of its revenue.

What the town builds

5.7M€

invested in 2024 · €735 per inhabitant

Of which 5.5 M€ of equipment. That is +45.7 % compared with 2023.

Funding2.7 M€
Subventions d'investissement2.1M€
Dotations et fonds propres599k€
What is built or repaid5.7 M€
Dépenses d'équipement5.5M€
Emprunts et dettes233k€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

151

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 1.2 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · 2.3 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

311k€

in public contracts awarded in 2021 · 6 contracts

Top supplier: Urbads, 150 k€, assistance à maîtrise d’ouvrage pour l’instruction des autorisations relevant du droit des sols

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, 2021.

Compare with another town

Courcelles-lès-Lens versus Libercourt
Courcelles-lès-LensLibercourt
Local taxes
535 · 587per inhabitant
Debt
151 · 339per inhabitant
Gross savings
98 · 372per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
40.6 % · 46.47 % in 2025

The full comparison

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method