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Qipu

Guadeloupe · Guadeloupe · 1,420 residents

How much does La Désirade spend?

Mayor: Loïc Tonton since March 2026 · 15 town councillors

4.6M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+20.7 % vs 2023 · −3.6 % since 2019

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

3,259 € per inhabitant · 4 M€ collected · balance -605 k€
+20.7 % vs 2023 · −3.6 % since 2019

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

Spending and revenue

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

Spending4.6 M€

Revenue4 M€

What the town builds

767k€

invested in 2024 · €512 per inhabitant

Of which 673 k€ of equipment. That is −0.2 % compared with 2023.

Funding243 k€
Subventions d'investissement151k€
Dotations et fonds propres92k€
What is built or repaid767 k€
Dépenses d'équipement673k€
Emprunts et dettes61k€
Autres immobilisations financières33k€

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

Debt

51

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 72 k€ in total

Towns of its size: €525 per inhabitant · 6.2 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

1.6M€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 6 contracts

Top supplier: R.T.D SARL, 901 k€, collecte transport et epandage des algues

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: 2024, 2025, 2026.

Compare with another town

La Désirade versus Terre-de-Haut
La DésiradeTerre-de-Haut
Local taxes
438 · 661per inhabitant
Debt
51 · 897per inhabitant
Gross savings
-56 · 939per 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