Hauts-de-Seine · Île-de-France · 30,193 residents
How much does La Garenne-Colombes spend?
Mayor: Monique Raimbault since March 2026 · 39 town councillors
What the money pays for in La Garenne-Colombes
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Garenne-Colombes spends 24 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size48.7 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Garenne-Colombes devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration13M€27 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports11.9M€24 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Health and social action7.5M€15 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Education and training6.6M€14 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing4.4M€9 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health2.5M€5 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment2.1M€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport660k€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action159k€0 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending75.6 M€
Charges de personnel26.1M€35 %Achats et charges externes15.1M€20 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 3 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies5.5M€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.3M€2 %Charges financières871k€1 %Revenue71.8 M€
Property tax in La Garenne-Colombes
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, La Garenne-Colombes collected 32.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 45% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €902 per inhabitant
Of which 25.4 M€ of equipment. That is +17.3 % 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 · 28.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · 2.2 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
in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 7 contracts
Top supplier: Parc Espace, 1.3 M€, travaux de terrassements, revêtements, terrains de sport et VRD dans le cadre de la réhabilitation du complexe sportif…
All the town’s contracts (140)
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, 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.