Charente-Maritime · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 3,636 residents
How much does Échillais spend?
Mayor: Sonia Trevien since March 2026 · 27 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 Échillais
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Échillais spends 39 % less per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size1.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteÉchillais devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration746k€38 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training566k€29 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing467k€24 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Transport67k€3 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Culture, youth and sports66k€3 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Health and social action34k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health764€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment50€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.
Spending4 M€
Charges de personnel1.2M€29 %Achats et charges externes547k€14 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 9 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies408k€10 %Charges financières48k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)24k€1 %Revenue4.3 M€
Property tax in Échillais
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Échillais collected 1.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 41% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €504 per inhabitant
Of which 1.6 M€ of equipment. That is +165.4 % 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 · 2.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −6.1 % 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 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Socotec Smart Solutions - Ascaudit Groupe (Ascaudit), 18 k€, marché de maîtrise d’œuvre pour la construction d’une chaufferie granulé à bois pour le chauffage du foyer communal…
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: 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.