Charente · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 3,946 residents
How much does Terres-de-Haute-Charente spend?
Mayor: Sandrine Précigout since March 2026 · 31 town councillors
What the money pays for in Terres-de-Haute-Charente
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Terres-de-Haute-Charente spends 53 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size5.3 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteTerres-de-Haute-Charente devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.2M€59 %elsewhere: 42%more than elsewhere (42%)
- Education and training1.2M€22 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Environment458k€9 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Culture, youth and sports249k€5 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing121k€2 %elsewhere: 10%less than elsewhere (10%)
- Security and public health77k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Transport69k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Health and social action509€0 %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.
Spending6.4 M€
Charges de personnel2.6M€41 %Achats et charges externes1.7M€26 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 101 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies527k€8 %Impôts et taxes (charges)107k€2 %Charges financières51k€1 %Revenue6.5 M€
Property tax in Terres-de-Haute-Charente
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · down since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Terres-de-Haute-Charente collected 1.7 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 27% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €334 per inhabitant
Of which 1 M€ of equipment. That is +32.2 % 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 · 3 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −38.4 % 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 · 7 contracts
Top supplier: Entreprise Alm Allain (Agence Alm Allain), 182 k€, lot 2 - démolitions - gros-oeuvre - ravalements
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: 2019, 2020, 2021, 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.