Nord · Hauts-de-France · 6,660 residents
How much does La Bassée spend?
Mayor: Frédéric Cauderlier since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in La Bassée
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Bassée spends 38 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Bassée devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.1M€50 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Education and training737k€18 %elsewhere: 18%same as elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports546k€13 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Regional planning and housing528k€13 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Security and public health118k€3 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment108k€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Health and social action41k€1 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Transport22k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending5.3 M€
Charges de personnel2.3M€43 %Achats et charges externes1.6M€31 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 131 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies586k€11 %Charges financières209k€4 %Impôts et taxes (charges)62k€1 %Revenue5.9 M€
Property tax in La Bassée
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, La Bassée collected 2.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 46% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €80 per inhabitant
Of which 475 k€ of equipment. That is +19.7 % 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 · 3.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −10.4 % 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 2025 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Regie Fete Pyrotechnie, 12 k€, le présent marché est composé de deux lots, chacun relatif à la création d’un spectacle pyrotechnique. - Lot n°1…
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: 2020, 2021, 2025.
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.