Haute-Savoie · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 3,788 residents
How much does Saint-Cergues spend?
Mayor: Jean Combette since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Saint-Cergues
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Saint-Cergues spends 27 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSaint-Cergues devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration2.1M€49 %elsewhere: 42%more than elsewhere (42%)
- Transport986k€23 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action922k€22 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Culture, youth and sports155k€4 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Education and training101k€2 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing2k€0 %elsewhere: 10%less than elsewhere (10%)
- Environment105€elsewhere: 1%less 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.
Spending6.1 M€
Charges de personnel2.1M€34 %Achats et charges externes1.3M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 49 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies224k€4 %Charges financières105k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)62k€1 %Revenue6.8 M€
Property tax in Saint-Cergues
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Saint-Cergues collected 2.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 34% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €626 per inhabitant
Of which 1.8 M€ of equipment. That is +41.8 % 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 · 3.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −31.2 % 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 · 13 contracts
Top supplier: Zanetto SAS, 815 k€, réhabilitation et extension du bâtiment presbytère - lot no2 démolition - terrassement - VRD - gros oeuvre
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.