Ain · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 3,583 residents
How much does Nantua spend?
Mayor: Séverine Debus since March 2026 · 23 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
What the money pays for in Nantua
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Nantua spends 34 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteNantua devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.5M€60 %elsewhere: 42%more than elsewhere (42%)
- Culture, youth and sports649k€15 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Education and training584k€14 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health129k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Transport92k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action83k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing74k€2 %elsewhere: 10%less than elsewhere (10%)
- Economic action49k€1 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Environment21k€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as 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.
Spending5.8 M€
Charges de personnel1.9M€33 %Achats et charges externes1.3M€22 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 165 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies826k€14 %Impôts et taxes (charges)71k€1 %Charges financières59k€1 %Revenue4.4 M€
Property tax in Nantua
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Nantua collected 1.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 32% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €464 per inhabitant
Of which 1.3 M€ of equipment. That is +93.0 % 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 · 2.1 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −5.0 % 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 2025 · 2 contracts
Top supplier: Cine Digital Lyon, 97 k€, fourniture et installation d un projecteur au cinéma
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: 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025.
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.