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Pyrénées-Orientales · Occitanie · 10,830 residents

How much does Pia spend?

Mayor: Jérôme Palmade since March 2026 · 33 town councillors

13M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+8.2 % vs 2023 · +27.4 % since 2019
1,202 € per inhabitant · 12.4 M€ collected · balance -627 k€
+8.2 % vs 2023 · +27.4 % since 2019

What the money pays for in Pia

The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.

Pia spends 5 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.

Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size11.8 M€

“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePia devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share

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.

Revenue12.4 M€

Property tax in Pia

49%

municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023

Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.

In 2024, Pia collected 6.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 51% of its revenue.

What the town builds

2M€

invested in 2024 · €225 per inhabitant

Of which 1.2 M€ of equipment. That is +12.5 % compared with 2023.

Funding637 k€
Dotations et fonds propres410k€
Subventions d'investissement227k€
What is built or repaid2 M€
Dépenses d'équipement1.2M€
Emprunts et dettes812k€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

1,664

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 18 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · −38.7 % 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

3.6M€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 14 contracts

Top supplier: Gonzalez (Gonzalez BTP), 915 k€, construction crèche et halles lot 1 gros oeuvre

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, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Compare with another town

Pia versus Argelès-sur-Mer
PiaArgelès-sur-Mer
Local taxes
652 · 1,478per inhabitant
Debt
1,664 · 3,140per inhabitant
Gross savings
94 · 385per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
49 % · 39.28 % in 2025

The full comparison

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method