Seine-Maritime · Normandie · 9,812 residents
How much does Darnétal spend?
Mayor: Christopher Langlois since March 2026 · 29 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.
What the money pays for in Darnétal
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Darnétal spends 26 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size12.6 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteDarnétal devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.3M€42 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports2.9M€23 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Education and training2M€16 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing623k€5 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Health and social action614k€5 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Transport600k€5 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health281k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action227k€2 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending16.7 M€
Charges de personnel8M€48 %Achats et charges externes3.3M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 150 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies835k€5 %Impôts et taxes (charges)331k€2 %Charges financières139k€1 %Revenue15.7 M€
Property tax in Darnétal
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Darnétal collected 5.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 36% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €430 per inhabitant
Of which 3.6 M€ of equipment. That is +121.3 % 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 · 4.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −20.5 % 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 · 15 contracts
Top supplier: Dalkia, 1.2 M€, exploitation des installations de chauffage et production d’eau chaude sanitaire
All the town’s contracts (187)
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, 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.