Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 3,957 residents
How much does Sailly-sur-la-Lys spend?
Mayor: Pierre-Luc Ravet since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
What the money pays for in Sailly-sur-la-Lys
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Sailly-sur-la-Lys spends 10 % less per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size3.1 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSailly-sur-la-Lys devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.3M€74 %elsewhere: 42%more than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training218k€7 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing203k€7 %elsewhere: 10%less than elsewhere (10%)
- Culture, youth and sports139k€4 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Security and public health127k€4 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment58k€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport44k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action15k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action8k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending8.1 M€
Charges de personnel1.8M€22 %Achats et charges externes1M€13 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 87 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies434k€5 %Charges financières175k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)46k€1 %Revenue8.3 M€
Property tax in Sailly-sur-la-Lys
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Sailly-sur-la-Lys collected 1.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 21% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €1,123 per inhabitant
Of which 4.3 M€ of equipment. That is −37.4 % 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 · 8.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · 11.3 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 2025 · 4 contracts
Top supplier: SN Jarbeau, 1.2 M€, aménagement d’une place publique en cœur de ville décomposée en 3 espaces principaux - aménagements paysagers
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: 2024, 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.