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Vendée · Pays de la Loire · 5,798 residents

How much does Pouzauges spend?

Mayor: Didier Dolé since March 2026 · 29 town councillors

7.6M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+8.8 % vs 2023 · +34.0 % since 2019
1,319 € per inhabitant · 8.2 M€ collected · balance +564 k€
+8.8 % vs 2023 · +34.0 % since 2019

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

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.

Revenue8.2 M€

Property tax in Pouzauges

33.15%

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

3.2M€

invested in 2024 · €555 per inhabitant

Of which 2.5 M€ of equipment. That is +17.8 % compared with 2023.

Funding2.3 M€
Dotations et fonds propres1.6M€
Subventions d'investissement636k€
Emprunts et dettes54k€
What is built or repaid3.2 M€
Dépenses d'équipement2.5M€
Emprunts et dettes631k€
Autres immobilisations financières393

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

Debt

386

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

424k€

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

Pouzauges versus Chanverrie
PouzaugesChanverrie
Local taxes
658 · 573per inhabitant
Debt
386 · 225per inhabitant
Gross savings
238 · 301per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
33.15 % · 32.99 % 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