Bouches-du-Rhône · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 49,131 residents
How much does Martigues spend?
Mayor: Gaby Charroux since March 2026 · 43 town councillors
What the money pays for in Martigues
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Martigues spends 116 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size138 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteMartigues devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration43.9M€32 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports32.4M€24 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training24.1M€17 %elsewhere: 18%same as elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action12.8M€9 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing8.1M€6 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health5.4M€4 %elsewhere: 4%same as elsewhere (4%)
- Environment5.2M€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport3.9M€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action2.4M€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending163.5 M€
Charges de personnel87.2M€53 %Achats et charges externes30.5M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 9.8 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies19.7M€12 %Impôts et taxes (charges)2.3M€1 %Charges financières941k€1 %Revenue165.2 M€
Property tax in Martigues
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Martigues collected 27.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 16% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €463 per inhabitant
Of which 18.9 M€ of equipment. That is −17.4 % 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 · 32.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −10.7 % 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 2021 · 11 contracts
Top supplier: Genie Civil Mediterraneen, 563 k€, numéro de la consultation : 2018-TX-0041 CONSTRUCTION DE LA NOUVELLE MAISON DE QUARTIER NOTRE DAME DES MARINS
All the town’s contracts (362)
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.
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.