Hauts-de-Seine · Île-de-France · 49,647 residents
How much does Gennevilliers spend?
Mayor: Patrice Leclerc since March 2026 · 45 town councillors
What the money pays for in Gennevilliers
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Gennevilliers spends 125 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size145.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteGennevilliers devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration118M€81 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Health and social action9.1M€6 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Culture, youth and sports7.1M€5 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Regional planning and housing6.7M€5 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Education and training1.9M€1 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Environment1.7M€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport541k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Security and public health152k€0 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Economic action136k€0 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending195 M€
Charges de personnel86.1M€44 %Achats et charges externes40.1M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 6.7 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies14.5M€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)3.8M€2 %Charges financières2M€1 %Revenue220.3 M€
Property tax in Gennevilliers
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Gennevilliers collected 51.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 23% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €1,022 per inhabitant
Of which 37.7 M€ of equipment. That is −21.5 % 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 · 82.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −3.5 % 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 2025 · 105 contracts
Top supplier: Colas France (Établissement Sylvain Joyeux Gennevilliers), 160.2 M€, entretiens des voies communales 2021 2025
All the town’s contracts (365)
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: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2025. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 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.