Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 21,241 residents
How much does Montaigu-Vendée spend?
Mayor: Florent Limouzin since March 2026 · 44 town councillors
What the money pays for in Montaigu-Vendée
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Montaigu-Vendée spends 42 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size16 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteMontaigu-Vendée devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration5.6M€35 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training3.4M€21 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports2.8M€18 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Regional planning and housing2.5M€16 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Transport746k€5 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Health and social action725k€5 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Environment64k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action35k€0 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health5k€0 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
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.
Spending27.6 M€
Achats et charges externes6.9M€25 %Charges de personnel6.3M€23 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies2.4M€9 %Charges financières507k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)163k€1 %Revenue32.6 M€
Property tax in Montaigu-Vendée
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Montaigu-Vendée collected 7.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 24% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €547 per inhabitant
Of which 9.7 M€ of equipment. That is +59.2 % 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 · 21.1 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −4.4 % 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 · 6 contracts
Top supplier: Eiffage Route Sud Ouest (Migne TP), 188 k€, travaux urbains - Travaux de voirie – Programme 2021
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: 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.