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Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 5,619 residents

How much does Guînes spend?

Mayor: Éric Buy since March 2026 · 29 town councillors

7.8M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+21.5 % vs 2023 · +22.3 % since 2019

In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.

1,383 € per inhabitant · 6.8 M€ collected · balance -980 k€
+21.5 % vs 2023 · +22.3 % since 2019

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 Guînes

The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.

Guînes spends 6 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.

Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size5.4 M€

“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteGuînes devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share

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.

Revenue6.8 M€

Property tax in Guînes

41.85%

municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023

Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.

In 2024, Guînes collected 1.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 28% of its revenue.

What the town builds

2.4M€

invested in 2024 · €411 per inhabitant

Of which 2 M€ of equipment. That is +90.6 % compared with 2023.

Funding899 k€
Subventions d'investissement808k€
Dotations et fonds propres91k€
What is built or repaid2.4 M€
Dépenses d'équipement2M€
Emprunts et dettes335k€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

910

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 5.1 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −19.7 % 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.

Compare with another town

Guînes versus Coulogne
GuînesCoulogne
Local taxes
469 · 546per inhabitant
Debt
911 · 433per inhabitant
Gross savings
127 · -9per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
41.85 % · 41.6 % in 2025

The full comparison

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method