Ille-et-Vilaine · Bretagne · 21,247 residents
How much does Fougères spend?
Mayor: Alice Lebret since March 2026 · 35 town councillors
What the money pays for in Fougères
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Fougères spends 21 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size21.7 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteFougères devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training5.9M€27 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration5.3M€24 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Regional planning and housing4.2M€19 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Culture, youth and sports2.6M€12 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Transport1.8M€8 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Health and social action1.6M€7 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Environment141k€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action112k€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health87k€0 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
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.
Spending38.6 M€
Charges de personnel12.3M€32 %Achats et charges externes5.4M€14 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 2 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies3.7M€10 %Charges financières994k€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)218k€1 %Revenue41.6 M€
Property tax in Fougères
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Fougères collected 11.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 28% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €761 per inhabitant
Of which 13.4 M€ of equipment. That is +5.2 % 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 · 38.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · +43.5 % 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 · 7 contracts
Top supplier: Pigeon TP, 980 k€, travaux d’aménagement de la Rue de la Forêt et de la Rue des Angevines
All the town’s contracts (202)
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: 2020, 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.