Hautes-Pyrénées · Occitanie · 13,804 residents
How much does Lourdes spend?
Mayor: Thierry Lavit since March 2026 · 32 town councillors
What the money pays for in Lourdes
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Lourdes spends 36 % more per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size21.7 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLourdes devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration9.2M€43 %elsewhere: 32%more than elsewhere (32%)
- Culture, youth and sports3.3M€15 %elsewhere: 19%less than elsewhere (19%)
- Security and public health2.5M€11 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Regional planning and housing2.4M€11 %elsewhere: 8%more than elsewhere (8%)
- Transport1.8M€8 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action1.5M€7 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Environment568k€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action429k€2 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Education and training14k€0 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
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.
Spending35.1 M€
Charges de personnel13.3M€38 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 765 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies8M€23 %Achats et charges externes5M€14 %Impôts et taxes (charges)679k€2 %Charges financières541k€2 %Revenue34 M€
Property tax in Lourdes
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Lourdes collected 9.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 27% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €536 per inhabitant
Of which 4.7 M€ of equipment. That is −14.2 % 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 · 21.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · 2.1 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 2026 · 62 contracts
Top supplier: Travaux Routiers Orteu, 3.6 M€, travaux d’entretien de réparation et de construction de voiries et réseaux 2026-2030
All the town’s contracts (536)
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.