Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 6,267 residents
How much does Fouquières-lès-Lens spend?
Mayor: Donata Hochart since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
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 Fouquières-lès-Lens
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Fouquières-lès-Lens spends 5 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size6.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteFouquières-lès-Lens devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.7M€94 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Education and training256k€4 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing90k€1 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Culture, youth and sports45k€1 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Transport2k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending9.1 M€
Charges de personnel3.3M€36 %Achats et charges externes1.7M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 57 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies448k€5 %Impôts et taxes (charges)175k€2 %Revenue8.4 M€
Property tax in Fouquières-lès-Lens
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Fouquières-lès-Lens collected 1.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 22% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €548 per inhabitant
Of which 853 k€ of equipment. That is +83.9 % 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 · 57 k€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −35.2 % 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 · 22 contracts
Top supplier: Api Restauration, 1.6 M€, restauration scolaire, péri-scolaire et extra-scolaire pour la commune de Fouquières-Lez-Lens
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.