Hautes-Alpes · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 700 residents
How much does Orcières spend?
Mayor: Sébastien Rouit since March 2026 · 15 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 Orcières
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Allocated to a public policy5.1 M€
- General administration3.8M€73 %
- Economic action1.1M€20 %
- Transport222k€4 %
- Health and social action61k€1 %
- Education and training42k€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.
Spending9 M€
Achats et charges externes2.8M€31 %Charges de personnel1.3M€15 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 134 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies684k€8 %Impôts et taxes (charges)204k€2 %Charges financières140k€2 %Revenue11.8 M€
Property tax in Orcières
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 35.81%.
In 2024, Orcières collected 3.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 29% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €5,251 per inhabitant
Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is −8.0 % 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 · 10.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €476 per inhabitant · −12.9 % 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 · 19 contracts
Top supplier: A.26, 992 k€, cOMMUNE D’Orcières.<br />La présente consultation concerne la réalisation d’une mission de maîtrise d’oeuvre relative…
All the town’s contracts (194)
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. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 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.