Charente-Maritime · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 6,992 residents
How much does Surgères spend?
Mayor: Thomas Godeau since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
What the money pays for in Surgères
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Surgères spends 11 % less per inhabitant than towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size6.4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteSurgères devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training1.5M€24 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- General administration1.5M€23 %elsewhere: 37%less than elsewhere (37%)
- Regional planning and housing1.3M€21 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport589k€9 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Culture, youth and sports492k€8 %elsewhere: 15%less than elsewhere (15%)
- Security and public health416k€7 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment345k€5 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Health and social action203k€3 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action33k€1 %elsewhere: 0%same as elsewhere (0%)
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.
Spending9 M€
Charges de personnel3.5M€38 %Achats et charges externes1.9M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 221 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies808k€9 %Impôts et taxes (charges)89k€1 %Charges financières75k€1 %Revenue11.1 M€
Property tax in Surgères
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 40.73%.
In 2024, Surgères collected 4.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 40% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €380 per inhabitant
Of which 2.1 M€ of equipment. That is −1.2 % 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 · 5 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €737 per inhabitant · −5.0 % 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 · 9 contracts
Top supplier: Engie Energie Services (Agence Atlantique-Limousin), 640 k€, exploitation des installations thermiques et de ventilation
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: 2024, 2025, 2026.
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.