Hérault · Occitanie · 305,743 residents
How much does Montpellier spend?
Mayor: Michaël Delafosse since March 2026 · 69 town councillors
What the money pays for in Montpellier
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Montpellier spends 17 % less per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size337.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteMontpellier devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training86.3M€26 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration81.6M€24 %elsewhere: 27%less than elsewhere (27%)
- Culture, youth and sports52.6M€16 %elsewhere: 24%less than elsewhere (24%)
- Health and social action50.3M€15 %elsewhere: 14%more than elsewhere (14%)
- Economic action28.6M€8 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Regional planning and housing17.6M€5 %elsewhere: 6%same as elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health14.6M€4 %elsewhere: 5%less than elsewhere (5%)
- Transport4.4M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Environment1.9M€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than 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.
Spending513 M€
Charges de personnel158M€31 %Achats et charges externes104M€20 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 11.5 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies35M€7 %Charges financières11.4M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)5M€1 %Revenue576.7 M€
Property tax in Montpellier
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Montpellier collected 254.5 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 44% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €698 per inhabitant
Of which 169.1 M€ of equipment. That is +6.6 % 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 · 409.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · 2.1 times more than in 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 · 267 contracts
Top supplier: Swile, 57.8 M€, acquisition de titres restaurants dématérialisés pour le personnel de Montpellier méditerranée métropole et de la…
All the town’s contracts (2,588)
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.