Ille-et-Vilaine · Bretagne · 4,759 residents
How much does Saint-Méen-le-Grand spend?
Mayor: Claude Villaume since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Saint-Méen-le-Grand
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Saint-Méen-le-Grand spends 7 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSaint-Méen-le-Grand devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration1.5M€34 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training1.4M€32 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports802k€18 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing443k€10 %elsewhere: 10%same as elsewhere (10%)
- Health and social action98k€2 %elsewhere: 3%same as elsewhere (3%)
- Security and public health94k€2 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport28k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment26k€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action17k€0 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending7 M€
Charges de personnel2.2M€32 %Achats et charges externes1.5M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 240 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies592k€8 %Charges financières140k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)77k€1 %Revenue8.1 M€
Property tax in Saint-Méen-le-Grand
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Saint-Méen-le-Grand collected 2.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 30% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €513 per inhabitant
Of which 2 M€ of equipment. That is +67.8 % 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 · 8.5 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · 2.3 times more than in 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 · 2 contracts
Top supplier: Soliha Bretagne, 438 k€, suivi Animation Opération Programmée d’Amélioration de l’Habitat - Renouvellement Urbain (OPHA-RU)
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: 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.