Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 5,506 residents
How much does Les Achards spend?
Mayor: Sylvain Moniot-Beaumont since March 2026 · 32 town councillors
What the money pays for in Les Achards
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Les Achards spends 56 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size2.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLes Achards devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.8M€71 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports279k€11 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Regional planning and housing153k€6 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport115k€5 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Education and training72k€3 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Environment71k€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health17k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action2k€0 %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.
Spending4.5 M€
Charges de personnel1.2M€26 %Achats et charges externes1M€23 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 44 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies170k€4 %Charges financières40k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)37k€1 %Revenue5.7 M€
Property tax in Les Achards
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Les Achards collected 795 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 14% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €403 per inhabitant
Of which 1.6 M€ of equipment. That is −12.9 % 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 · 1.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · 2.5 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 2023 · 2 contracts
Top supplier: Bodard Construction Modulaire (Bodard Ouest), 350 k€, lot 02 - modulaire création vestiaire foot
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: 2022, 2023.
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.