Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 5,798 residents
How much does Pouzauges spend?
Mayor: Didier Dolé since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
What the money pays for in Pouzauges
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Pouzauges spends 27 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devotePouzauges devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.6M€84 %elsewhere: 37%more than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports308k€7 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Education and training176k€4 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Transport100k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing86k€2 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Economic action39k€1 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Health and social action12k€0 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Environment3k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health-49k€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.
Spending7.6 M€
Charges de personnel2M€26 %Achats et charges externes1.6M€20 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 350 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies821k€11 %Charges financières61k€1 %Impôts et taxes (charges)42k€1 %Revenue8.2 M€
Property tax in Pouzauges
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Pouzauges collected 2.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 28% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €555 per inhabitant
Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is +17.8 % 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 · 2.2 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · 2.1 times less than in 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 · 4 contracts
Top supplier: Charier TP Sud (Charier TP Sud Agence de Cerizay), 330 k€, travaux de voirie pour l amenagement d un parking rue Charles Largeteau Pouzauges
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.