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La Réunion · La Réunion · 35,680 residents

How much does La Possession spend?

Mayor: Erick Fontaine since March 2026 · 39 town councillors

65.2M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+2.0 % vs 2023 · +4.8 % since 2019
1,827 € per inhabitant · 70.1 M€ collected · balance +4.9 M€
+2.0 % vs 2023 · +4.8 % since 2019

Spending and revenue

What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.

Spending65.2 M€

Revenue70.1 M€

What the town builds

15.6M€

invested in 2024 · €467 per inhabitant

Of which 9.8 M€ of equipment. That is −8.9 % compared with 2023.

Funding14 M€
Dotations et fonds propres6.9M€
Subventions d'investissement4.6M€
Emprunts et dettes2.5M€
What is built or repaid15.6 M€
Dépenses d'équipement9.8M€
Emprunts et dettes3.9M€
Autres immobilisations financières1.9M€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

1,370

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 48.9 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −19.0 % 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

11.3M€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 28 contracts

Top supplier: Sbtpc Sogea Reunion, 4.9 M€, gros oeuvre - revêtements durs

All the town’s contracts (714)

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

La Possession versus Saint-Leu
La PossessionSaint-Leu
Local taxes
637 · 506per inhabitant
Debt
1,370 · 1,206per inhabitant
Gross savings
182 · 75per inhabitant

The full comparison

Per inhabitant, 2024 accounts, OFGL. Towns of the same département, by size. A town above or below is not better or worse run.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method