Vaucluse · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 10,891 residents
How much does Pernes-les-Fontaines spend?
Mayor: Didier Carle since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Pernes-les-Fontaines
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Pernes-les-Fontaines spends 13 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size10.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePernes-les-Fontaines devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration4.5M€42 %elsewhere: 32%more than elsewhere (32%)
- Education and training2.2M€20 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports1.6M€15 %elsewhere: 19%less than elsewhere (19%)
- Health and social action1.5M€14 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Security and public health956k€9 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Regional planning and housing87k€1 %elsewhere: 8%less than elsewhere (8%)
- Environment24k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action11k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending14.3 M€
Charges de personnel6.4M€45 %Achats et charges externes3M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 353 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.3M€9 %Impôts et taxes (charges)195k€1 %Charges financières148k€1 %Revenue14.4 M€
Property tax in Pernes-les-Fontaines
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Pernes-les-Fontaines collected 8.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 57% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €340 per inhabitant
Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is −1.6 % 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 · 5.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · −14.3 % 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 · 22 contracts
Top supplier: Andrieux TP (See Andrieux Rene), 545 k€, marché de travaux pour la construction d’un centre technique - lot 1 - Gros œuvre
All the town’s contracts (152)
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, 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.