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Guyane · Guyane · 24,851 residents

How much does Kourou spend?

Mayor: Michaël Rimane since March 2026 · 35 town councillors

57M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+17.2 % vs 2023 · −3.9 % since 2019
2,293 € per inhabitant · 49.2 M€ collected · balance -7.8 M€
+17.2 % vs 2023 · −3.9 % since 2019

Spending and revenue

What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.

Spending57 M€

Revenue49.2 M€

What the town builds

14.3M€

invested in 2024 · €535 per inhabitant

Of which 12.9 M€ of equipment. That is +145.2 % compared with 2023.

Funding5.6 M€
Dotations et fonds propres4.1M€
Subventions d'investissement1.5M€
Emprunts et dettes13k€
What is built or repaid14.3 M€
Dépenses d'équipement12.9M€
Emprunts et dettes1.4M€

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

Debt

700

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 17.4 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · +8.8 % 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

934k€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 5 contracts

Top supplier: Willis Towers Watson SAS, 514 k€, assurances dommages aux biens

All the town’s contracts (64)

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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Compare with another town

Kourou versus Remire-Montjoly
KourouRemire-Montjoly
Local taxes
692 · 377per inhabitant
Debt
700 · 187per inhabitant
Gross savings
68 · 327per inhabitant

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method