Cher · Centre-Val de Loire · 452 residents
How much does Coust spend?
Mayor: Christelle Dagois since March 2026 · 11 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
Spending and revenue
What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.
Spending333 k€
Revenue355 k€
Property tax in Coust
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 34.53%.
In 2024, Coust collected 198 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 56% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €104 per inhabitant
Of which 32 k€ of equipment. That is −85.4 % 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 · 136 k€ in total
Towns of its size: €371 per inhabitant · +83.2 % 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 2020 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Eurovia Centre Loire, 79 k€, réfection voirie et curage fosse
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: 2020.
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.