Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 5,556 residents
How much does La Ferrière spend?
Mayor: David Bely since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in La Ferrière
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Ferrière spends 25 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Ferrière devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.1M€49 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.2M€27 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Regional planning and housing359k€8 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport299k€7 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Education and training278k€7 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health72k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action9k€0 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action407€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.
Spending8.7 M€
Charges de personnel2M€23 %Achats et charges externes1.2M€14 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 181 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies664k€8 %Charges financières119k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)62k€1 %Revenue9.2 M€
Property tax in La Ferrière
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, La Ferrière collected 2.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 29% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €854 per inhabitant
Of which 4.2 M€ of equipment. That is +35.1 % 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 · 6.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · +23.7 % 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.