Isère · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 7,540 residents
How much does Pontcharra spend?
Mayor: Cécile Robin 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 Pontcharra
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Pontcharra spends 15 % more per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size8.8 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePontcharra devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration7.1M€80 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports667k€8 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Education and training588k€7 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action212k€2 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Regional planning and housing143k€2 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport98k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health32k€0 %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.
Spending17.6 M€
Charges de personnel4.9M€28 %Achats et charges externes2.7M€15 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 100 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies707k€4 %Charges financières252k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)156k€1 %Revenue15.2 M€
Property tax in Pontcharra
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Pontcharra collected 4.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 28% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €1,186 per inhabitant
Of which 8.2 M€ of equipment. That is +151.2 % 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 · 12.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · +13.5 % 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 · 53 contracts
Top supplier: Entreprise Gibello, 2.4 M€, le CAIRN lot 2-gros oeuvre - école crèche
All the town’s contracts (264)
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, 2021, 2022, 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.