Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 5,619 residents
How much does Guînes spend?
Mayor: Éric Buy 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 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
- General administration1.9M€36 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Education and training910k€17 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports891k€17 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Transport613k€11 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing441k€8 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Security and public health283k€5 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment187k€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Health and social action120k€2 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action3k€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.
Spending7.8 M€
Charges de personnel2.7M€34 %Achats et charges externes1.9M€24 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 127 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies658k€8 %Charges financières135k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)108k€1 %Revenue6.8 M€
Property tax in Guînes
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
invested in 2024 · €411 per inhabitant
Of which 2 M€ of equipment. That is +90.6 % 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 · 5.1 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
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.