Gironde · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 5,115 residents
How much does Lacanau spend?
Mayor: Laurent Peyrondet since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in Lacanau
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Lacanau spends 148 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size12.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLacanau devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration6.7M€52 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports2M€15 %elsewhere: 15%same as elsewhere (15%)
- Environment978k€8 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Education and training973k€8 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing934k€7 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Security and public health599k€5 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport388k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action366k€3 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action34k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending22 M€
Charges de personnel6.3M€29 %Achats et charges externes4M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 196 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies844k€4 %Charges financières359k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)173k€1 %Revenue25.9 M€
Property tax in Lacanau
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Lacanau collected 8.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 31% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €2,122 per inhabitant
Of which 8.7 M€ of equipment. That is −26.3 % 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 · 20.5 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −4.7 % 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 · 8 contracts
Top supplier: Canalisations Souterraines, 1.3 M€, alimentation en eau potable - Renouvellement de conduites - Programme 2023-2024
All the town’s contracts (118)
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.