Seine-Saint-Denis · Île-de-France · 114,782 residents
How much does Saint-Denis spend?
Mayor: Bally Bagayoko since March 2026 · 60 town councillors
What the money pays for in Saint-Denis
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Saint-Denis spends 25 % more per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size190.9 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSaint-Denis devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration57.6M€30 %elsewhere: 27%more than elsewhere (27%)
- Culture, youth and sports47.6M€25 %elsewhere: 24%more than elsewhere (24%)
- Health and social action31.6M€17 %elsewhere: 14%more than elsewhere (14%)
- Education and training30.6M€16 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Security and public health15.3M€8 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Regional planning and housing6.8M€4 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action1.5M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as 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.
Spending346.5 M€
Charges de personnel148M€43 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 5.9 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies68.2M€20 %Achats et charges externes47.1M€14 %Charges financières5.5M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)5M€1 %Revenue354 M€
Property tax in Saint-Denis
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Saint-Denis collected 126.6 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 36% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €2,455 per inhabitant
Of which 54.3 M€ of equipment. That is −35.9 % 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 · 124.5 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −7.8 % 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 · 106 contracts
Top supplier: Sogetrel, 10 M€, lot 2 - solutions intelligentes de sûreté et de sécurité dans l’espace public - GPMT sippnco (2022006)
All the town’s contracts (439)
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, 2024, 2025, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
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.