Sarthe · Pays de la Loire · 16,007 residents
How much does La Flèche spend?
Mayor: Romain Lemoigne since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in La Flèche
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Flèche spends 12 % more per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size20.6 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Flèche devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.7M€28 %elsewhere: 32%less than elsewhere (32%)
- Culture, youth and sports5.2M€25 %elsewhere: 19%more than elsewhere (19%)
- Education and training4.7M€23 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing2M€10 %elsewhere: 8%more than elsewhere (8%)
- Health and social action859k€4 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Environment823k€4 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport536k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action430k€2 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Security and public health301k€1 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
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.
Spending25.5 M€
Charges de personnel10.7M€42 %Achats et charges externes6.9M€27 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 763 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies2.6M€10 %Charges financières677k€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)376k€1 %Revenue24.2 M€
Property tax in La Flèche
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, La Flèche collected 9.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 37% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €270 per inhabitant
Of which 2.9 M€ of equipment. That is +37.7 % 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 · 19.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · −9.0 % 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 2026 · 34 contracts
Top supplier: Pro A Pro, 1 M€, lot 11 epicerie et epicerie agriculture bio
All the town’s contracts (235)
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: 2021, 2022, 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.