Var · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 4,778 residents
How much does Pignans spend?
Mayor: Fernand Brun since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Pignans
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Pignans spends 97 % less per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size115 k€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePignans devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training60k€52 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration29k€25 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Regional planning and housing15k€13 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Culture, youth and sports10k€8 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Security and public health1k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than 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.
Spending6.9 M€
Charges de personnel2.5M€36 %Achats et charges externes1.9M€28 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 71 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies207k€3 %Charges financières71k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)67k€1 %Revenue7.1 M€
Property tax in Pignans
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Pignans collected 2.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 40% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €528 per inhabitant
Of which 2 M€ of equipment. That is +6.6 % 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 · 2.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +5.4 % 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 2025 · 1 contracts
Top supplier: Etablissements Degreane (Citeos), 240 k€, remise a niveau et extention du système de vidéo-protection - lot 2 - équipement technique du système de vidéoprotection
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: 2025.
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.