Manche · Normandie · 3,339 residents
How much does Les Pieux spend?
Mayor: Jacques Leseigneur since March 2026 · 22 town councillors
What the money pays for in Les Pieux
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Les Pieux spends 24 % more per inhabitant than towns of 2,000 to 3,500 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size3.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLes Pieux devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.5M€71 %elsewhere: 49%more than elsewhere (49%)
- Culture, youth and sports951k€27 %elsewhere: 11%more than elsewhere (11%)
- Regional planning and housing30k€1 %elsewhere: 8%less than elsewhere (8%)
- Health and social action16k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport11k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health3k€0 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
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.
Spending6 M€
Charges de personnel1.5M€25 %Achats et charges externes1.3M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 279 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies529k€9 %Impôts et taxes (charges)52k€1 %Revenue5.6 M€
Property tax in Les Pieux
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 37.87%.
In 2024, Les Pieux collected 997 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 18% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €787 per inhabitant
Of which 905 k€ of equipment. That is −8.7 % 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: €598 per inhabitant · −44.8 % 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 · 12 contracts
Top supplier: Cruard Charpente et Construction Bois, 588 k€, charpente-bois
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, 2022, 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.