Vaucluse · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 20,289 residents
How much does Pertuis spend?
Mayor: Aurélien Auclair since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Pertuis
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Pertuis spends 1 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size26 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePertuis devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration8.8M€34 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training4.9M€19 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports4.6M€18 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Health and social action2.7M€10 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing1.8M€7 %elsewhere: 7%same as elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health1.5M€6 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment949k€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport610k€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action102k€0 %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.
Spending36.8 M€
Charges de personnel18.1M€49 %Achats et charges externes5.5M€15 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 543 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.4M€4 %Impôts et taxes (charges)550k€1 %Charges financières201k€1 %Revenue38.8 M€
Property tax in Pertuis
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Pertuis collected 16.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 42% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €541 per inhabitant
Of which 9.6 M€ of equipment. That is −0.9 % 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 · 13.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −26.3 % 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 · 10 contracts
Top supplier: Eurovia Provence Alpes Cote D'Azur, 1.4 M€, lot 1. VRD. travaux giratoire de JAS de beaumont
All the town’s contracts (222)
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.