Haute-Vienne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 131,770 residents
How much does Limoges spend?
Mayor: Guillaume Guerin since March 2026 · 55 town councillors
What the money pays for in Limoges
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Limoges spends 7 % less per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size163.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLimoges devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration58.1M€36 %elsewhere: 27%more than elsewhere (27%)
- Culture, youth and sports32.2M€20 %elsewhere: 24%less than elsewhere (24%)
- Health and social action25M€15 %elsewhere: 14%more than elsewhere (14%)
- Education and training24M€15 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing16.2M€10 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health5.3M€3 %elsewhere: 5%less than elsewhere (5%)
- Economic action1.2M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Transport980k€1 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Environment17k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
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.
Spending217.7 M€
Charges de personnel106M€49 %Achats et charges externes29.6M€14 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 4.2 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies24.4M€11 %Impôts et taxes (charges)3.4M€2 %Charges financières2.9M€1 %Revenue225.3 M€
Property tax in Limoges
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Limoges collected 111 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 49% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €380 per inhabitant
Of which 35.5 M€ of equipment. That is +11.4 % 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 · 111 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −22.7 % 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
in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 171 contracts
Top supplier: Baudin Chateauneuf, 23 M€, restructuration du palais des sports de beaublanc lot 2 : gros-oeuvre, structure
All the town’s contracts (2,422)
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: 2018, 2019, 2020, 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.