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Rhône · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 1,944 residents

How much does Échalas spend?

Mayor: Max-Pol Chapelle since March 2026 · 19 town councillors

2.5M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+28.6 % vs 2023 · +96.2 % since 2019

In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.

1,299 € per inhabitant · 2.3 M€ collected · balance -194 k€
+28.6 % vs 2023 · +96.2 % since 2019

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.

Spending2.5 M€

Revenue2.3 M€

Property tax in Échalas

20.68%

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

Median for towns of its size band: 36.86%.

In 2024, Échalas collected 649 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 28% of its revenue.

What the town builds

641k€

invested in 2024 · €359 per inhabitant

Of which 560 k€ of equipment. That is +27.3 % compared with 2023.

Funding351 k€
Dotations et fonds propres284k€
Subventions d'investissement66k€
What is built or repaid641 k€
Dépenses d'équipement560k€
Emprunts et dettes81k€

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

Debt

676

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 1.3 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €525 per inhabitant · −35.4 % 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

55k€

in public contracts awarded in 2025 · 1 contracts

Top supplier: Entre Generale Batiment Rivory, 55 k€, transformation de la salle de la Fanette et de l’ancien local pompier en une épicerie multi-services Lot 2…

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: 2021, 2024, 2025.

Compare with another town

Échalas versus Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset
ÉchalasSaint-Laurent-de-Chamousset
Local taxes
410 · 585per inhabitant
Debt
676 · 1,093per inhabitant
Gross savings
50 · 151per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
20.68 % · 33.67 % 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