Loire-Atlantique · Pays de la Loire · 73,760 residents
How much does Saint-Nazaire spend?
Mayor: David Samzun since March 2026 · 48 town councillors
What the money pays for in Saint-Nazaire
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Saint-Nazaire spends 3 % more per inhabitant than towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size110.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSaint-Nazaire devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration36.9M€33 %elsewhere: 28%more than elsewhere (28%)
- Education and training22.6M€20 %elsewhere: 17%more than elsewhere (17%)
- Culture, youth and sports20.9M€19 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Regional planning and housing15.5M€14 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Health and social action10.6M€10 %elsewhere: 13%less than elsewhere (13%)
- Security and public health1.6M€1 %elsewhere: 5%less than elsewhere (5%)
- Economic action1.5M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Transport575k€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Environment237k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending167.3 M€
Charges de personnel65.8M€39 %Achats et charges externes26.3M€16 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 8.8 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies16M€10 %Impôts et taxes (charges)2.3M€1 %Charges financières2.1M€1 %Revenue179.1 M€
Property tax in Saint-Nazaire
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.09%.
In 2024, Saint-Nazaire collected 60.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 34% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €756 per inhabitant
Of which 46.2 M€ of equipment. That is +29.6 % 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 · 91.3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,317 per inhabitant · +55.1 % 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 · 287 contracts
Top supplier: Bouygues Énergies & Services, 22 M€, tx neufs réseaux souples
All the town’s contracts (1,903)
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, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2021.
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.