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
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
- General administration2.6M€47 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Regional planning and housing1.2M€22 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Education and training476k€8 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports435k€8 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Health and social action375k€7 %elsewhere: 6%same as elsewhere (6%)
- Transport348k€6 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health108k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action12k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
- Environment935€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending12.9 M€
Charges de personnel4.4M€34 %Achats et charges externes2.1M€16 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 171 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies473k€4 %Impôts et taxes (charges)168k€1 %Revenue10.6 M€
Property tax in Courcelles-lès-Lens
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
invested in 2024 · €735 per inhabitant
Of which 5.5 M€ of equipment. That is +45.7 % 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 · 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
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
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.