Landes · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 22,169 residents
How much does Dax spend?
Mayor: Julien Dubois since March 2026 · 35 town councillors
What the money pays for in Dax
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Dax spends 2 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size29.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteDax devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports10.7M€37 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- General administration7.4M€25 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training4.6M€16 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing2.7M€9 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health2.2M€7 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Transport911k€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action560k€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Environment115k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Health and social action12k€0 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
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.
Spending40 M€
Charges de personnel17M€42 %Achats et charges externes7.3M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 745 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies4.5M€11 %Charges financières1.3M€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)399k€1 %Revenue42.6 M€
Property tax in Dax
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Dax collected 19.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 45% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €433 per inhabitant
Of which 5 M€ of equipment. That is −65.9 % 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 · 48.1 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −11.2 % 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 2026 · 22 contracts
Top supplier: Indigo Voirie (Moovia), 2.5 M€, le présent marché a pour objet la gestion et l’exploitation du stationnement payant sur voirie et en parcs de la ville…
All the town’s contracts (105)
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: 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.