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Haute-Savoie · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 3,435 residents

How much does Les Houches spend?

Mayor: Stéphane Lagarde since March 2026 · 27 town councillors

10.3M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+19.5 % vs 2023 · +47.0 % since 2019
2,994 € per inhabitant · 11.4 M€ collected · balance +1.1 M€
+19.5 % vs 2023 · +47.0 % since 2019

Spending and revenue

What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.

Spending10.3 M€

Revenue11.4 M€

Property tax in Les Houches

28.72%

municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023

Median for towns of its size band: 37.87%.

In 2024, Les Houches collected 5.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 48% of its revenue.

What the town builds

5.1M€

invested in 2024 · €1,698 per inhabitant

Of which 3.8 M€ of equipment. That is +31.4 % compared with 2023.

Funding3.6 M€
Dotations et fonds propres1.9M€
Subventions d'investissement1.7M€
Emprunts et dettes2k€
What is built or repaid5.1 M€
Dépenses d'équipement3.8M€
Autres immobilisations financières809k€
Emprunts et dettes531k€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

2,026

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 7 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €598 per inhabitant · −23.7 % 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

208k€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 5 contracts

Top supplier: Neovia Solutions, 73 k€, enrobés projetés

All the town’s contracts (94)

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: 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Compare with another town

Les Houches versus Bonne
Les HouchesBonne
Local taxes
1,403 · 448per inhabitant
Debt
2,026 · 1,114per inhabitant
Gross savings
790 · 233per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
28.72 % · 26.75 % in 2025

The full comparison

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method