Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 8,107 residents
How much does Mazingarbe spend?
Mayor: Laurent Poissant since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in Mazingarbe
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Mazingarbe spends 13 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size9.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteMazingarbe devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.5M€59 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Education and training1.6M€17 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports1M€11 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Regional planning and housing434k€5 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Health and social action317k€3 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health255k€3 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport150k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment29k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action16k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending11.3 M€
Charges de personnel5.2M€46 %Achats et charges externes2.8M€25 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 543 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies779k€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)193k€2 %Revenue14 M€
Property tax in Mazingarbe
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Mazingarbe collected 3.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 24% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €285 per inhabitant
Of which 1.8 M€ of equipment. That is +38.6 % 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 · 3.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −20.6 % 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 2024 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Activ'Cites, 72 k€, le présent marché a pour objet l’entretien des espaces verts de la cité 2 et de la Cité 7
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: 2024.
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.