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Aude · Occitanie · 1,732 residents

How much does Espéraza spend?

Mayor: Christian Soula since March 2026 · 19 town councillors

2.4M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+9.6 % vs 2023 · +14.3 % since 2019
1,395 € per inhabitant · 2.2 M€ collected · balance -170 k€
+9.6 % vs 2023 · +14.3 % since 2019

Spending and revenue

What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.

Spending2.4 M€

Revenue2.2 M€

Property tax in Espéraza

57.59%

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

Median for towns of its size band: 36.86%.

In 2024, Espéraza collected 1.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 59% of its revenue.

What the town builds

454k€

invested in 2024 · €232 per inhabitant

Of which 334 k€ of equipment. That is +65.7 % compared with 2023.

Funding204 k€
Dotations et fonds propres196k€
Subventions d'investissement8k€
What is built or repaid454 k€
Dépenses d'équipement334k€
Emprunts et dettes121k€

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

Debt

258

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 447 k€ in total

Towns of its size: €525 per inhabitant · 2.2 times less than in 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

9k€

in public contracts awarded in 2019 · 3 contracts

Top supplier: Smacl Assurances, 5 k€, marché d’assurances dommages aux biens responsabilité civile et risques annexes et flotte automobile: lot 3:

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: 2018, 2019.

Compare with another town

Espéraza versus Villegailhenc
EspérazaVillegailhenc
Local taxes
698 · 557per inhabitant
Debt
258 · 1,082per inhabitant
Gross savings
115 · 102per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
57.59 % · 46.35 % 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