Loire-Atlantique · Pays de la Loire · 5,330 residents
How much does Gorges spend?
Mayor: Didier Meyer 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 Gorges
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Gorges spends 26 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteGorges devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.5M€36 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports983k€24 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Education and training897k€22 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing528k€13 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport102k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health50k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment13k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Health and social action7k€0 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
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.
Spending7.2 M€
Charges de personnel1.6M€22 %Achats et charges externes1.5M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 16 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies407k€6 %Impôts et taxes (charges)73k€1 %Charges financières64k€1 %Revenue5.5 M€
Property tax in Gorges
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Gorges collected 2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 36% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €732 per inhabitant
Of which 3.3 M€ of equipment. That is +178.2 % 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 · 2.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −40.2 % 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 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Ouest Amenagement SCOP, 67 k€, révision générale du PLU
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.