Yvelines · Île-de-France · 46,104 residents
How much does Saint-Germain-en-Laye spend?
Mayor: Arnaud Pericard since March 2026 · 45 town councillors
What the money pays for in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye spends 4 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size62.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSaint-Germain-en-Laye devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration17.4M€28 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports13.3M€21 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training9.7M€16 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action8.5M€14 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing5.8M€9 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Environment2.8M€4 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Security and public health2.7M€4 %elsewhere: 4%same as elsewhere (4%)
- Transport1.7M€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action331k€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.
Spending84.8 M€
Charges de personnel35M€41 %Achats et charges externes20.9M€25 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 2.8 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies4.1M€5 %Impôts et taxes (charges)1.5M€2 %Revenue100.7 M€
Property tax in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · down since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Saint-Germain-en-Laye collected 30.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 31% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €502 per inhabitant
Of which 22.9 M€ of equipment. That is −9.9 % 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 · 16.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · +6.0 % 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 · 74 contracts
Top supplier: Eurovia Ile de France, 54 M€, trvx entretien & trvx restructuration & création voirie/ESPB 18/10/23-17/10/24
All the town’s contracts (297)
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: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 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.