Charente-Maritime · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 5,059 residents
How much does Sainte-Soulle spend?
Mayor: Bertrand Ayral since March 2026 · 29 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
What the money pays for in Sainte-Soulle
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Sainte-Soulle spends 49 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size2.6 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSainte-Soulle devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training970k€37 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration748k€28 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Culture, youth and sports299k€11 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Regional planning and housing271k€10 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport150k€6 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action140k€5 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health55k€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.
Spending7.4 M€
Charges de personnel1.5M€20 %Achats et charges externes762k€10 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 174 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies360k€5 %Impôts et taxes (charges)43k€1 %Revenue5.6 M€
Property tax in Sainte-Soulle
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Sainte-Soulle collected 2.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 42% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €1,045 per inhabitant
Of which 3.7 M€ of equipment. That is +106.5 % 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 · 3.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · +30.3 % 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.
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.