Pyrénées-Orientales · Occitanie · 5,378 residents
How much does Le Boulou spend?
Mayor: Patrick Francés since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in Le Boulou
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Le Boulou spends 24 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size6.8 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLe Boulou devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.4M€50 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.2M€17 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Education and training1M€15 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health605k€9 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing229k€3 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport156k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action116k€2 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action85k€1 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Environment15k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending8.9 M€
Charges de personnel3.9M€44 %Achats et charges externes1.6M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 139 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies875k€10 %Impôts et taxes (charges)164k€2 %Charges financières118k€1 %Revenue8.7 M€
Property tax in Le Boulou
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Le Boulou collected 3.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 45% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €398 per inhabitant
Of which 2 M€ of equipment. That is −13.1 % 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 · 3.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · 2.2 times more 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: Mauran Patrick, 74 k€, réalisation de travaux nécessaire à l’entretien des zones à débroussailler pour les périodes de Juin et Septembre…
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, 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.