Bouches-du-Rhône · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 6,620 residents
How much does La Penne-sur-Huveaune spend?
Mayor: Frédéric Szabo since March 2026 · 28 town councillors
What the money pays for in La Penne-sur-Huveaune
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Penne-sur-Huveaune spends 62 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size10.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Penne-sur-Huveaune devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.6M€52 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Education and training1.6M€15 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.3M€12 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Transport1M€9 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action695k€6 %elsewhere: 6%same as elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health379k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing236k€2 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
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.
Spending11.5 M€
Charges de personnel6.4M€55 %Achats et charges externes2.4M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 98 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies315k€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)199k€2 %Charges financières90k€1 %Revenue10.2 M€
Property tax in La Penne-sur-Huveaune
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, La Penne-sur-Huveaune collected 5.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 50% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €320 per inhabitant
Of which 1.7 M€ of equipment. That is +236.4 % 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 · 4.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −26.9 % 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.
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.