Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 1,026 residents
How much does La Merlatière spend?
Mayor: Philippe Bély since March 2026 · 15 town councillors
Spending and revenue
What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.
Spending1.3 M€
Revenue1.3 M€
Property tax in La Merlatière
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 36.86%.
In 2024, La Merlatière collected 201 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 15% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €731 per inhabitant
Of which 729 k€ of equipment. That is +23.2 % 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 · 83 k€ in total
Towns of its size: €525 per inhabitant · 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 · 4 contracts
Top supplier: Sofultrap, 1.6 M€, marché de voirie 2023 travaux de grosses réparations
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.