Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 57,824 residents
How much does La Roche-sur-Yon spend?
Mayor: Romain Bossis since March 2026 · 45 town councillors
What the money pays for in La Roche-sur-Yon
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
La Roche-sur-Yon spends 18 % less per inhabitant than towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size68.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLa Roche-sur-Yon devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training18.8M€28 %elsewhere: 17%more than elsewhere (17%)
- General administration17.5M€26 %elsewhere: 28%less than elsewhere (28%)
- Culture, youth and sports14.9M€22 %elsewhere: 21%same as elsewhere (21%)
- Regional planning and housing5.9M€9 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Health and social action4.8M€7 %elsewhere: 13%less than elsewhere (13%)
- Transport2.3M€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Environment1.5M€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action1.4M€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health1.3M€2 %elsewhere: 5%less than elsewhere (5%)
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.
Spending112.2 M€
Charges de personnel42.6M€38 %Achats et charges externes15.9M€14 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 5.8 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies9.7M€9 %Charges financières2.9M€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.1M€1 %Revenue118.7 M€
Property tax in La Roche-sur-Yon
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.09%.
In 2024, La Roche-sur-Yon collected 46.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 39% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €700 per inhabitant
Of which 25.7 M€ of equipment. That is +21.7 % 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 · 104.1 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,317 per inhabitant · +25.8 % 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 · 72 contracts
Top supplier: GCC, 6.4 M€, hDVA - Lot n°2 maconnerie - beton arme - terrassement - etancheite
All the town’s contracts (542)
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.