Charente-Maritime · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 23,726 residents
How much does Rochefort spend?
Mayor: Hervé Blanché since March 2026 · 35 town councillors
What the money pays for in Rochefort
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Rochefort spends 8 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size28.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteRochefort devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration8.8M€31 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports4.9M€17 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training4.8M€17 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action3.9M€14 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing3M€11 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Environment1.2M€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport635k€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action597k€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health412k€1 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
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.
Spending43.9 M€
Charges de personnel16.2M€37 %Achats et charges externes8M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1.6 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies3.4M€8 %Charges financières817k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)460k€1 %Revenue51.7 M€
Property tax in Rochefort
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Rochefort collected 19.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 38% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €603 per inhabitant
Of which 11.3 M€ of equipment. That is −22.4 % 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 · 29.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −10.6 % 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 · 31 contracts
Top supplier: Eiffage Route Sud Ouest (Poitou Charentes Lmousin), 21.6 M€, 326GC8700_Travaux de voirie et réseaux divers
All the town’s contracts (313)
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: 2020, 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.