Alpes-Maritimes · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 7,242 residents
How much does La Gaude spend?
Mayor: Bruno Bettati since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in La Gaude
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Gaude spends 13 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size6.4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Gaude devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.3M€52 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Education and training1.5M€23 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports997k€16 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Security and public health218k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action176k€3 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Regional planning and housing129k€2 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport108k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment2k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action390€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.
Spending8.4 M€
Charges de personnel3.8M€45 %Achats et charges externes1.6M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 225 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies919k€11 %Impôts et taxes (charges)99k€1 %Charges financières99k€1 %Revenue9.8 M€
Property tax in La Gaude
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, La Gaude collected 4.5 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 46% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €301 per inhabitant
Of which 1.5 M€ of equipment. That is −14.8 % 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 · 2.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 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 · 15 contracts
Top supplier: FTPM, 2.6 M€, travaux réalisation tous corps d’état équipements sportifs et loisirs mont gros - terrassements/VRD/paysagers/sportifs
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, 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.