Sarthe · Pays de la Loire · 147,800 residents
How much does Le Mans spend?
Mayor: Stéphane Le Foll since March 2026 · 55 town councillors
What the money pays for in Le Mans
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Le Mans spends 17 % less per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size163.4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLe Mans devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports43M€26 %elsewhere: 24%more than elsewhere (24%)
- Education and training40.3M€25 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration36.6M€22 %elsewhere: 27%less than elsewhere (27%)
- Health and social action27.3M€17 %elsewhere: 14%more than elsewhere (14%)
- Regional planning and housing8.9M€5 %elsewhere: 6%same as elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health5.9M€4 %elsewhere: 5%less than elsewhere (5%)
- Economic action882k€1 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport482k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Environment138k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
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.
Spending212.3 M€
Charges de personnel84.6M€40 %Achats et charges externes52.7M€25 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 6 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies27.6M€13 %Impôts et taxes (charges)2.4M€1 %Charges financières2.1M€1 %Revenue205.6 M€
Property tax in Le Mans
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Le Mans collected 74.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 36% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €291 per inhabitant
Of which 30.2 M€ of equipment. That is −0.1 % 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 · 87.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · +23.5 % 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 · 24 contracts
Top supplier: Cce France, 3.6 M€, reprises techniques de concessions funéraires et de terrains communs dans les cimetières - durée 4 ans
All the town’s contracts (302)
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: 2020, 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.