Nord · Hauts-de-France · 9,668 residents
How much does Leers spend?
Mayor: Jérémy Rotsaert since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in Leers
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Leers spends 13 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size11.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLeers devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.9M€35 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Education and training2.4M€22 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action2.2M€20 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.9M€17 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Regional planning and housing459k€4 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Environment211k€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport3k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health3k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action180€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.
Spending13.7 M€
Charges de personnel7.6M€56 %Achats et charges externes2.3M€17 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 155 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies957k€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)215k€2 %Revenue18.3 M€
Property tax in Leers
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Leers collected 5.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 29% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €274 per inhabitant
Of which 2.6 M€ of equipment. That is +27.6 % 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 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · 5.8 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 · 22 contracts
Top supplier: Pomona Episaveurs, 732 k€, fourniture et livraison de denrées alimentaires - Epicerie biologique
All the town’s contracts (161)
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, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2022.
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.