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Meuse · Grand Est · 3,542 residents

How much does Étain spend?

Mayor: Mickaël Bourgon since March 2026 · 23 town councillors

3.2M€
spent in , municipal accounts
−30.9 % vs 2023 · +35.6 % since 2019

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

910 € per inhabitant · 3.8 M€ collected · balance +607 k€
−30.9 % vs 2023 · +35.6 % since 2019

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 Étain

The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.

Étain spends 25 % less per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.

Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size2.3 M€

“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteÉtain devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share

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.

Revenue3.8 M€

Property tax in Étain

37.28%

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

Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.

In 2024, Étain collected 748 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 20% of its revenue.

What the town builds

896k€

invested in 2024 · €244 per inhabitant

Of which 596 k€ of equipment. That is −64.1 % compared with 2023.

Funding1.2 M€
Subventions d'investissement673k€
Dotations et fonds propres540k€
What is built or repaid896 k€
Dépenses d'équipement596k€
Emprunts et dettes183k€
Autres immobilisations financières117k€

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

Debt

305

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 1.1 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · 2.8 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

1.2M€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 7 contracts

Top supplier: Palazzo, 390 k€, doublages, cloisons de distribution, plafonds demontables, plafonds pleins

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: 2025, 2026.

Compare with another town

Étain versus Thierville-sur-Meuse
ÉtainThierville-sur-Meuse
Local taxes
235 · -166per inhabitant
Debt
305 · 123per inhabitant
Gross savings
73 · 96per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
37.28 % · 28.84 % 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