Puy-de-Dôme · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 10,355 residents
How much does Gerzat spend?
Mayor: Serge Pichot since March 2026 · 32 town councillors
What the money pays for in Gerzat
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Gerzat spends 18 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size9.7 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteGerzat devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.7M€38 %elsewhere: 32%more than elsewhere (32%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.9M€19 %elsewhere: 19%same as elsewhere (19%)
- Education and training1.8M€18 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action1.1M€11 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Regional planning and housing922k€9 %elsewhere: 8%more than elsewhere (8%)
- Security and public health329k€3 %elsewhere: 4%same as elsewhere (4%)
- Environment93k€1 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport12k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action10k€0 %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.
Spending11.7 M€
Charges de personnel6.3M€54 %Achats et charges externes2.5M€22 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 229 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies755k€6 %Impôts et taxes (charges)139k€1 %Charges financières114k€1 %Revenue11.3 M€
Property tax in Gerzat
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Gerzat collected 5.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 46% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €175 per inhabitant
Of which 1.3 M€ of equipment. That is +3.5 % 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 · 5.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · −8.1 % 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 2024 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: L'Entreprise Electrique, 193 k€, vidéoprotection 2023
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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024.
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.