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Hautes-Pyrénées · Occitanie · 364 residents

How much does Escala spend?

Mayor: Catherine Correge since March 2026 · 11 town councillors

427k€
spent in , municipal accounts
3 times more than in 2023 · 3.2 times more than in 2019

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

1,174 € per inhabitant · 331 k€ collected · balance -96 k€
3 times more than in 2023 · 3.2 times more than in 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.

Spending427 k€

Revenue331 k€

Property tax in Escala

30.39%

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

Median for towns of its size band: 34.53%.

In 2024, Escala collected 101 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 31% of its revenue.

What the town builds

263k€

invested in 2024 · €675 per inhabitant

Of which 237 k€ of equipment. That is +905.8 % compared with 2023.

Funding110 k€
Subventions d'investissement104k€
Dotations et fonds propres5k€
Emprunts et dettes722
What is built or repaid263 k€
Dépenses d'équipement237k€
Emprunts et dettes26k€

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

Debt

813

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 296 k€ in total

Towns of its size: €371 per inhabitant · +98.8 % 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

236k€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 1 contracts

Top supplier: Societe Bigourdane de Travaux Publics, 236 k€, lOT1 VRD

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

Escala versus Lézignan
EscalaLézignan
Local taxes
235 · 575per inhabitant
Debt
813 · 1,319per inhabitant
Gross savings
200 · 106per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
30.39 % · 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