Loire · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 5,066 residents
How much does La Grand-Croix spend?
Mayor: Luc François since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in La Grand-Croix
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Grand-Croix spends 3 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Grand-Croix devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2M€40 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Education and training921k€18 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports838k€17 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Regional planning and housing475k€9 %elsewhere: 9%same as elsewhere (9%)
- Health and social action405k€8 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health240k€5 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport132k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Environment15k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than 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.
Spending8.6 M€
Charges de personnel2.4M€28 %Achats et charges externes1.6M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 319 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies935k€11 %Impôts et taxes (charges)126k€1 %Charges financières100k€1 %Revenue7.9 M€
Property tax in La Grand-Croix
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, La Grand-Croix collected 2.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 30% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €655 per inhabitant
Of which 2.8 M€ of equipment. That is +31.0 % 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 · 3.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −47.6 % 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 · 11 contracts
Top supplier: Migma, 459 k€, lot2 - Espaces verts mobiliers jeux
All the town’s contracts (124)
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: 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.