Saône-et-Loire · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · 35,238 residents
How much does Mâcon spend?
Mayor: Jean-Patrick Courtois since March 2026 · 39 town councillors
What the money pays for in Mâcon
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Mâcon spends 17 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size53.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteMâcon devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports14.6M€27 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- General administration13.4M€25 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training10.3M€19 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing6.9M€13 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Transport2.1M€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action1.9M€4 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health1.4M€3 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Health and social action1.4M€3 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Environment1.3M€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as 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.
Spending83.3 M€
Charges de personnel32M€38 %Achats et charges externes13.4M€16 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 3.2 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies5.7M€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.4M€2 %Charges financières691k€1 %Revenue95.2 M€
Property tax in Mâcon
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Mâcon collected 24.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 26% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €874 per inhabitant
Of which 22.6 M€ of equipment. That is +5.8 % 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 · 65.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −9.6 % 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 · 187 contracts
Top supplier: Ineo Infracom (Equans), 8.8 M€, fourniture, installation et maintenance de matériels de vidéo-protection urbaine
All the town’s contracts (1,136)
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.