Oise · Hauts-de-France · 5,145 residents
How much does Lacroix-Saint-Ouen spend?
Mayor: Jean Desessart since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
What the money pays for in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Lacroix-Saint-Ouen spends 4 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLacroix-Saint-Ouen devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.6M€32 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports892k€18 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Education and training854k€17 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action756k€15 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Regional planning and housing420k€8 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Security and public health339k€7 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport158k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending7.9 M€
Charges de personnel3.1M€39 %Achats et charges externes1.6M€20 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 74 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies260k€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)91k€1 %Charges financières65k€1 %Revenue8 M€
Property tax in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Lacroix-Saint-Ouen collected 3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 38% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €588 per inhabitant
Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is +62.5 % 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 · 2.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 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 · 3 contracts
Top supplier: Ramery Enveloppe, 460 k€, travaux de réfection des toitures terrasses de l’école Jacques Bontemps à La Croix Saint Ouen
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: 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.