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Bouches-du-Rhône · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 2,143 residents

How much does Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer spend?

Mayor: Thibaut Mena since March 2026 · 19 town councillors

12.3M€
spent in , municipal accounts
−18.0 % vs 2023 · −1.1 % since 2019
5,719 € per inhabitant · 15.3 M€ collected · balance +3 M€
−18.0 % vs 2023 · −1.1 % since 2019

Spending and revenue

What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.

Spending12.3 M€

Revenue15.3 M€

Property tax in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

47.97%

municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023

Median for towns of its size band: 37.87%.

In 2024, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer collected 5.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 35% of its revenue.

What the town builds

3.8M€

invested in 2024 · €1,488 per inhabitant

Of which 3.5 M€ of equipment. That is −42.6 % compared with 2023.

Funding4.8 M€
Dotations et fonds propres3.8M€
Emprunts et dettes1M€
Subventions d'investissement3k€
What is built or repaid3.8 M€
Dépenses d'équipement3.5M€
Emprunts et dettes295k€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

1,624

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 3.5 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €598 per inhabitant · 2.8 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

238k€

in public contracts awarded in 2021 · 3 contracts

Top supplier: Prowimat, 145 k€, acquisition d’une chargeuse sur pneus.<br />Acquisition d’un chargeur télescopique articulé et outils.<br…

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: 2021.

Compare with another town

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer versus Vernègues
Saintes-Maries-de-la-MerVernègues
Local taxes
3,276 · 578per inhabitant
Debt
1,624 · 832per inhabitant
Gross savings
922 · 10per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
47.97 % · 27.94 % in 2025

The full comparison

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method