Deux-Sèvres · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 14,292 residents
How much does Thouars spend?
Mayor: Bernard Paineau since March 2026 · 35 town councillors
What the money pays for in Thouars
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Thouars spends 9 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size15 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteThouars devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration4.7M€31 %elsewhere: 32%less than elsewhere (32%)
- Education and training2.9M€19 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports2.6M€17 %elsewhere: 19%less than elsewhere (19%)
- Regional planning and housing2.1M€14 %elsewhere: 8%more than elsewhere (8%)
- Health and social action946k€6 %elsewhere: 9%less than elsewhere (9%)
- Transport778k€5 %elsewhere: 3%more than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment414k€3 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action317k€2 %elsewhere: 0%more than elsewhere (0%)
- Security and public health266k€2 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
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.
Spending22.9 M€
Charges de personnel7.6M€33 %Achats et charges externes4.9M€21 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 844 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies2.2M€10 %Charges financières422k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)229k€1 %Revenue26.5 M€
Property tax in Thouars
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · up since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Thouars collected 10.4 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 39% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €521 per inhabitant
Of which 6.3 M€ of equipment. That is −12.6 % 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 · 14.2 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · −12.5 % 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 · 19 contracts
Top supplier: Colas France, 2.4 M€, lOT 01 VRD
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: 2023, 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.