Ille-et-Vilaine · Bretagne · 48,609 residents
How much does Saint-Malo spend?
Mayor: Gilles Lurton since March 2026 · 43 town councillors
What the money pays for in Saint-Malo
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Saint-Malo spends 15 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size72.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSaint-Malo devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration18.7M€26 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports16.1M€22 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training11.1M€15 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing10.3M€14 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Health and social action6.6M€9 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Security and public health3.5M€5 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment3.5M€5 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport2M€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action623k€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.
Spending104.2 M€
Charges de personnel43.3M€42 %Achats et charges externes18.1M€17 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 5.3 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies10M€10 %Charges financières1.8M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)870k€1 %Revenue112.3 M€
Property tax in Saint-Malo
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Saint-Malo collected 44 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 39% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €633 per inhabitant
Of which 22.9 M€ of equipment. That is +8.8 % 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 · 69.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −0.2 % 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 · 82 contracts
Top supplier: Engie Energie Services (Direction Regionale Bretagne), 9.9 M€, dDP fourniture énergie exploitation installations thermiques
All the town’s contracts (768)
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.