Indre-et-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire · 140,116 residents
How much does Tours spend?
Mayor: Emmanuel Denis since March 2026 · 55 town councillors
What the money pays for in Tours
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Tours spends 6 % less per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size176.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteTours devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports49.5M€28 %elsewhere: 24%more than elsewhere (24%)
- General administration43.8M€25 %elsewhere: 27%less than elsewhere (27%)
- Education and training33.8M€19 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action25.1M€14 %elsewhere: 14%same as elsewhere (14%)
- Security and public health11.3M€6 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Regional planning and housing6.2M€4 %elsewhere: 6%less than elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action3.9M€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Transport2.1M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Environment952k€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
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.
Spending253.9 M€
Charges de personnel101M€40 %Achats et charges externes47.2M€19 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 8 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies25.3M€10 %Charges financières6.2M€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)3.6M€1 %Revenue264.2 M€
Property tax in Tours
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Tours collected 112.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 43% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €505 per inhabitant
Of which 45.7 M€ of equipment. That is +11.5 % 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 · 190.8 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −12.9 % 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 · 162 contracts
Top supplier: Socio Culturelle Courteline, 4 M€, lot 3 territoire lamartine - les halles
All the town’s contracts (242)
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: 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.