Aude · Occitanie · 4,602 residents
How much does Leucate spend?
Mayor: Michel Py since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Leucate
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Leucate spends 273 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size15.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLeucate devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.9M€39 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Regional planning and housing4.3M€28 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.4M€9 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Health and social action1.2M€8 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health981k€6 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment504k€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Education and training402k€3 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Economic action375k€2 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Transport120k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending27.9 M€
Charges de personnel8.1M€29 %Achats et charges externes4.9M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 294 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.6M€6 %Charges financières515k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)296k€1 %Revenue27.8 M€
Property tax in Leucate
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Leucate collected 11.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 43% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €2,846 per inhabitant
Of which 10.8 M€ of equipment. That is +32.9 % 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 · 25.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +31.0 % 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 2025 · 54 contracts
Top supplier: Dyneff S.A.S. (Dyneff), 4.1 M€, fourniture et livraison de sans plomb 95
All the town’s contracts (130)
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, 2024, 2025. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 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.