Hérault · Occitanie · 4,513 residents
How much does Lunel-Viel spend?
Mayor: Fabrice Fenoy since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
What the money pays for in Lunel-Viel
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Lunel-Viel spends 2 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLunel-Viel devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.1M€26 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training1M€25 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing839k€21 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Culture, youth and sports500k€12 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Security and public health332k€8 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment173k€4 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Health and social action126k€3 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport7k€0 %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.
Spending8 M€
Charges de personnel2.6M€32 %Achats et charges externes1.4M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 58 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies341k€4 %Charges financières92k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)52k€1 %Revenue6.5 M€
Property tax in Lunel-Viel
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Lunel-Viel collected 2.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 35% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €900 per inhabitant
Of which 3.3 M€ of equipment. That is +152.7 % 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 · 3.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +6.8 % 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 · 5 contracts
Top supplier: Espace Levage (Espace Loc), 302 k€, restructuration de la salle communale et polyvalente antoine roux
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, 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.