Vosges · Grand Est · 4,176 residents
How much does La Bresse spend?
Mayor: Pierre Mengin since March 2026 · 27 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 La Bresse
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Bresse spends 96 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size7.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Bresse devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.1M€29 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Regional planning and housing1.8M€25 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Culture, youth and sports982k€14 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Transport526k€7 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action523k€7 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Education and training444k€6 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health404k€6 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment258k€4 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action183k€3 %elsewhere: 0%more than 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.
Spending10.5 M€
Charges de personnel3.7M€35 %Achats et charges externes2.6M€24 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 344 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies893k€8 %Impôts et taxes (charges)253k€2 %Revenue12.2 M€
Property tax in La Bresse
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, La Bresse collected 3.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 26% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €717 per inhabitant
Of which 2.9 M€ of equipment. That is −16.8 % 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 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · 2.4 times less than in 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: Defi-Archi, 91 k€, mP2025-25 - Maîtrise d’oeuvre pour l’aménagement d’un pôle médical rue des Boudières ; Lot unique (référence de…
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: 2018, 2019, 2020, 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.