Charente-Maritime · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 4,399 residents
How much does Le Château-d'Oléron spend?
Mayor: Michel Parent since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Le Château-d'Oléron
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Le Château-d'Oléron spends 16 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLe Château-d'Oléron devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.8M€39 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Regional planning and housing1.1M€24 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Education and training615k€14 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports592k€13 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Health and social action226k€5 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health81k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport74k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action68k€2 %elsewhere: 0%more than 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.
Spending7.5 M€
Achats et charges externes2.1M€28 %Charges de personnel1.9M€25 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 81 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies507k€7 %Charges financières204k€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)78k€1 %Revenue10.3 M€
Property tax in Le Château-d'Oléron
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Le Château-d'Oléron collected 3.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 35% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €646 per inhabitant
Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is −28.3 % 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 · 5.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +6.4 % 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 · 2 contracts
Top supplier: Association le SAS, 96 k€, aménagement et valorisation du site néolithique d’ors lot 1 maçonnerie
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: 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.