Gard · Occitanie · 150,335 residents
How much does Nîmes spend?
Mayor: Vincent Bouget since March 2026 · 59 town councillors
What the money pays for in Nîmes
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Nîmes spends 8 % more per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size217.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteNîmes devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration51.7M€24 %elsewhere: 27%less than elsewhere (27%)
- Culture, youth and sports46.5M€21 %elsewhere: 24%less than elsewhere (24%)
- Education and training38.8M€18 %elsewhere: 18%same as elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health21.4M€10 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Environment19M€9 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Health and social action16.4M€8 %elsewhere: 14%less than elsewhere (14%)
- Regional planning and housing15.6M€7 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Transport5.5M€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action2.3M€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.
Spending302.4 M€
Charges de personnel108M€36 %Achats et charges externes70.5M€23 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 10.9 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies34.5M€11 %Charges financières6.8M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)3.7M€1 %Revenue327.3 M€
Property tax in Nîmes
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Nîmes collected 139.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 43% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €512 per inhabitant
Of which 61.4 M€ of equipment. That is −20.4 % 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 · 259 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · +8.6 % 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 2026 · 537 contracts
Top supplier: Titulaire sans SIRET, 92.5 M€, lot n°2 - Accès en ligne à des livres numériques pour la jeunesse 1) L’ensemble des prestations sera rémunéré par…
All the town’s contracts (1,887)
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: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2022, 2023.
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.