Pyrénées-Orientales · Occitanie · 121,139 residents
How much does Perpignan spend?
Mayor: Louis Aliot since March 2026 · 55 town councillors
What the money pays for in Perpignan
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Perpignan spends 3 % more per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size167.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePerpignan devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration66.8M€40 %elsewhere: 27%more than elsewhere (27%)
- Culture, youth and sports29.9M€18 %elsewhere: 24%less than elsewhere (24%)
- Health and social action15.7M€9 %elsewhere: 14%less than elsewhere (14%)
- Education and training15.6M€9 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health12.5M€8 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Regional planning and housing11.5M€7 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Environment7.7M€5 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport4.3M€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action3.1M€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than 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.
Spending236.4 M€
Charges de personnel99.1M€42 %Achats et charges externes43.3M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 4.1 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies20.3M€9 %Charges financières5.7M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)2.9M€1 %Revenue264.2 M€
Property tax in Perpignan
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Perpignan collected 105.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 40% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €525 per inhabitant
Of which 46.6 M€ of equipment. That is +8.3 % 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 · 194.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −12.3 % 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 · 232 contracts
Top supplier: Travaux Publics 66, 33 M€, lot 01 maison de quartier mailloles
All the town’s contracts (2,206)
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.