Finistère · Bretagne · 3,878 residents
How much does Pleyben spend?
Mayor: Amélie Caro since March 2026 · 29 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 Pleyben
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Pleyben spends 15 % less per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size2.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePleyben devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.1M€37 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training703k€24 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports353k€12 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing236k€8 %elsewhere: 10%less than elsewhere (10%)
- Transport228k€8 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health177k€6 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action92k€3 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment27k€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action18k€1 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending5.7 M€
Charges de personnel1.3M€22 %Achats et charges externes988k€17 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 69 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies609k€11 %Charges financières96k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)33k€1 %Revenue6 M€
Property tax in Pleyben
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Pleyben collected 1.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 28% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €689 per inhabitant
Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is +55.4 % 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 · 2.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −27.5 % 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 · 4 contracts
Top supplier: SARL Jean Kerhoas, 365 k€, travaux de fauchage et de débroussaillage des accotements et talus
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: 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.