Gironde · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 33,062 residents
How much does Saint-Médard-en-Jalles spend?
Mayor: Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent since March 2026 · 39 town councillors
What the money pays for in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Saint-Médard-en-Jalles spends 5 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size40.6 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSaint-Médard-en-Jalles devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training11.5M€28 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration10.5M€26 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports7.7M€19 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Health and social action5.2M€13 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing2.5M€6 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health1.1M€3 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment875k€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Transport743k€2 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action478k€1 %elsewhere: 1%more 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.
Spending53.6 M€
Charges de personnel26M€49 %Achats et charges externes9.4M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1.5 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies4.3M€8 %Impôts et taxes (charges)631k€1 %Charges financières596k€1 %Revenue52.5 M€
Property tax in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles collected 27.5 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 52% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €399 per inhabitant
Of which 10 M€ of equipment. That is +10.2 % 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 · 30.5 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · +75.1 % 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 · 57 contracts
Top supplier: Engie Énergie Services (Agence Garonne), 5 M€, exploitation des installations thermiques
All the town’s contracts (568)
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.