Gironde · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 67,522 residents
How much does Pessac spend?
Mayor: Franck Raynal since March 2026 · 49 town councillors
What the money pays for in Pessac
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Pessac spends 41 % less per inhabitant than towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size57.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePessac devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training20.7M€36 %elsewhere: 17%more than elsewhere (17%)
- General administration13.8M€24 %elsewhere: 28%less than elsewhere (28%)
- Culture, youth and sports12.7M€22 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Health and social action7.5M€13 %elsewhere: 13%same as elsewhere (13%)
- Security and public health1.8M€3 %elsewhere: 5%less than elsewhere (5%)
- Economic action1M€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Regional planning and housing203k€0 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Environment110k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport104k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
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.
Spending96.8 M€
Charges de personnel32.8M€34 %Achats et charges externes14M€14 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 3.4 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies10.5M€11 %Charges financières629k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)570k€1 %Revenue106.3 M€
Property tax in Pessac
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.09%.
In 2024, Pessac collected 54.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 52% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €610 per inhabitant
Of which 36.8 M€ of equipment. That is +119.9 % 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 · 30.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,317 per inhabitant · +58.7 % 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 · 3 contracts
Top supplier: SARL Ste Generale de Couverture, 195 k€, réfection de la toiture tuile & isolation de l’école maternelle du Monteil à Pessac (33)
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: 2020, 2021, 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.