Moselle · Grand Est · 13,147 residents
How much does Freyming-Merlebach spend?
Mayor: Marc Friedrich since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Freyming-Merlebach
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Freyming-Merlebach spends 24 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size11.6 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteFreyming-Merlebach devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration6.3M€55 %elsewhere: 32%more than elsewhere (32%)
- Education and training1.4M€12 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing1.2M€11 %elsewhere: 8%more than elsewhere (8%)
- Culture, youth and sports932k€8 %elsewhere: 19%less than elsewhere (19%)
- Health and social action794k€7 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport470k€4 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health445k€4 %elsewhere: 4%same as elsewhere (4%)
- Environment338€elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action157€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.
Spending14.8 M€
Charges de personnel6.1M€41 %Achats et charges externes3M€20 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1.5 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies2.4M€16 %Impôts et taxes (charges)122k€1 %Revenue15.5 M€
Property tax in Freyming-Merlebach
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · down since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Freyming-Merlebach collected 4.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 31% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €242 per inhabitant
Of which 2.6 M€ of equipment. That is +1.3 % 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 · 1.2 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · 3.8 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
in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 15 contracts
Top supplier: Eurovia Alsace Lorraine, 2.1 M€, création d’une piste d’athlétisme et d’un terrain de football synthétique au stade POTIER Lot 1 : Infrastructures…
All the town’s contracts (127)
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: 2019, 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.