Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 14,123 residents
How much does Fontenay-le-Comte spend?
Mayor: Ludovic Hocbon since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Fontenay-le-Comte
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Fontenay-le-Comte spends 0 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size16.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteFontenay-le-Comte devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.2M€32 %elsewhere: 32%same as elsewhere (32%)
- Culture, youth and sports3.1M€19 %elsewhere: 19%more than elsewhere (19%)
- Education and training3M€19 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing2.4M€15 %elsewhere: 8%more than elsewhere (8%)
- Health and social action834k€5 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Security and public health590k€4 %elsewhere: 4%same as elsewhere (4%)
- Environment468k€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport467k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action128k€1 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending27.9 M€
Charges de personnel9.4M€34 %Achats et charges externes5.3M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 582 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.2M€4 %Charges financières262k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)242k€1 %Revenue35.7 M€
Property tax in Fontenay-le-Comte
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Fontenay-le-Comte collected 9.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 26% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €805 per inhabitant
Of which 6.8 M€ of equipment. That is +78.5 % 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 · 16.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · +15.9 % 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 · 2 contracts
Top supplier: Entreprise Bodin, 98 k€, travaux d’aménagement des trottoirs sur le boulevard CHAIL
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, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 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.