Loire-Atlantique · Pays de la Loire · 3,252 residents
How much does Rouans spend?
Mayor: Cyril Favreau since March 2026 · 23 town councillors
What the money pays for in Rouans
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Rouans spends 20 % less per inhabitant than towns of 2,000 to 3,500 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size2.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteRouans devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.4M€62 %elsewhere: 49%more than elsewhere (49%)
- Education and training628k€28 %elsewhere: 15%more than elsewhere (15%)
- Culture, youth and sports106k€5 %elsewhere: 11%less than elsewhere (11%)
- Transport54k€2 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Regional planning and housing32k€1 %elsewhere: 8%less than elsewhere (8%)
- Environment12k€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action4k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
- Security and public health1k€0 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Health and social action345€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
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.
Spending4 M€
Charges de personnel1.1M€27 %Achats et charges externes754k€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 27 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies329k€8 %Charges financières64k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)24k€1 %Revenue3.9 M€
Property tax in Rouans
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 37.87%.
In 2024, Rouans collected 1.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 28% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €594 per inhabitant
Of which 1.7 M€ of equipment. That is −24.8 % 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 · 2.5 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €598 per inhabitant · 2.8 times more 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 2026 · 3 contracts
Top supplier: Armonys Restauration, 200 k€, restaurant scolaire 2025
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, 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.