Var · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 3,647 residents
How much does Saint-Tropez spend?
Mayor: Sylvie Siri since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Saint-Tropez
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Saint-Tropez spends 935 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size33.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSaint-Tropez devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports7.5M€22 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- General administration6.5M€19 %elsewhere: 42%less than elsewhere (42%)
- Regional planning and housing6.2M€19 %elsewhere: 10%more than elsewhere (10%)
- Environment3.5M€11 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health3.3M€10 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action2.4M€7 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action1.8M€5 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Education and training1.6M€5 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Transport660k€2 %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.
Spending48.9 M€
Charges de personnel15.6M€32 %Achats et charges externes10.5M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 1.1 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies7.2M€15 %Charges financières1.5M€3 %Impôts et taxes (charges)534k€1 %Revenue46.5 M€
Property tax in Saint-Tropez
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Saint-Tropez collected 16.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 35% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €3,109 per inhabitant
Of which 8.7 M€ of equipment. That is −28.8 % 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 · 48.4 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +8.8 % 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 · 132 contracts
Top supplier: Comptoir Mediterraneen Materiel Entrepri, 13.8 M€, déplacement des posidonies mortes des plages de la commune de Saint-Tropez
All the town’s contracts (870)
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, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2022.
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.