Drôme · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 33,583 residents
How much does Romans-sur-Isère spend?
Mayor: Marie-Hélène Thoraval since March 2026 · 38 town councillors
What the money pays for in Romans-sur-Isère
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Romans-sur-Isère spends 12 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size38.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteRomans-sur-Isère devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration10.4M€27 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports7.5M€19 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training6.2M€16 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health5.6M€14 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Regional planning and housing2.9M€8 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Environment1.7M€5 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Health and social action1.7M€4 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Transport1.4M€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action954k€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending65.4 M€
Charges de personnel23.7M€36 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1.9 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies7M€11 %Achats et charges externes6.9M€11 %Charges financières2M€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)536k€1 %Revenue66.4 M€
Property tax in Romans-sur-Isère
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Romans-sur-Isère collected 28.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 42% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €741 per inhabitant
Of which 20.2 M€ of equipment. That is +8.8 % 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 · 63.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −14.4 % 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 · 10 contracts
Top supplier: Terideal Tarvel (Tarvel), 2.5 M€, 252123/VR/DCAMG/AO-AC BDC/Entretien des espaces verts de Romans-sur-Isère
All the town’s contracts (547)
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: 2019, 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.