Hauts-de-Seine · Île-de-France · 22,949 residents
How much does Sèvres spend?
Mayor: Grégoire De la Roncière since March 2026 · 35 town councillors
What the money pays for in Sèvres
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Sèvres spends 1 % more per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size30 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSèvres devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration10.8M€36 %elsewhere: 30%more than elsewhere (30%)
- Culture, youth and sports6.4M€21 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- Education and training6.3M€21 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action5.2M€17 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Security and public health651k€2 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Regional planning and housing386k€1 %elsewhere: 7%less than elsewhere (7%)
- Environment205k€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport71k€0 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action20k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending51.6 M€
Charges de personnel16.5M€32 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 706 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies10.9M€21 %Achats et charges externes9.6M€19 %Impôts et taxes (charges)915k€2 %Revenue55 M€
Property tax in Sèvres
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Sèvres collected 28.2 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 51% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €558 per inhabitant
Of which 12.4 M€ of equipment. That is +46.0 % 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 · 3.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · 2.5 times less 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 2025 · 7 contracts
Top supplier: Maintenance Industrie, 4.7 M€, prestations de nettoyage des bâtiments communaux de la ville de Sèvres
All the town’s contracts (128)
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, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
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.