Pyrénées-Orientales · Occitanie · 3,997 residents
How much does Pézilla-la-Rivière spend?
Mayor: Nathalie Piqué since March 2026 · 27 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 Pézilla-la-Rivière
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Pézilla-la-Rivière spends 9 % less per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size3.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePézilla-la-Rivière devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2M€63 %elsewhere: 42%more than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training626k€19 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports457k€14 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Security and public health106k€3 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending6 M€
Charges de personnel1.9M€31 %Achats et charges externes1M€17 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 98 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies215k€4 %Impôts et taxes (charges)73k€1 %Charges financières35k€1 %Revenue6.4 M€
Property tax in Pézilla-la-Rivière
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Pézilla-la-Rivière collected 1.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 25% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €753 per inhabitant
Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is +73.8 % 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 · 1.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −9.4 % 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 2022 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Sole traders, 73 k€, mOE
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, 2022.
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.