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Ardèche · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 3,543 residents

How much does Vals-les-Bains spend?

Mayor: Vincent Mounier since March 2026 · 23 town councillors

8.2M€
spent in , municipal accounts
+19.4 % vs 2023 · +23.5 % since 2019
2,317 € per inhabitant · 7.7 M€ collected · balance -542 k€
+19.4 % vs 2023 · +23.5 % since 2019

What the money pays for in Vals-les-Bains

The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.

Vals-les-Bains spends 43 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.

Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size4.5 M€

“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteVals-les-Bains devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share

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.

Revenue7.7 M€

Property tax in Vals-les-Bains

40.05%

municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023

Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.

In 2024, Vals-les-Bains collected 1.9 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 24% of its revenue.

What the town builds

3.5M€

invested in 2024 · €967 per inhabitant

Of which 3 M€ of equipment. That is +50.9 % compared with 2023.

Funding1.8 M€
Subventions d'investissement1.3M€
Emprunts et dettes300k€
Dotations et fonds propres260k€
What is built or repaid3.5 M€
Dépenses d'équipement3M€
Emprunts et dettes517k€

Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.

Debt

1,731

per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 6.1 M€ in total

Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · +47.2 % 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

298k€

in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 4 contracts

Top supplier: Dca (D.C.A.), 114 k€, rénovation énergétique de l’école maternelle Lot No2 Démolition, maçonnerie, 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

Vals-les-Bains versus Viviers (Ardèche)
Vals-les-BainsViviers
Local taxes
701 · 948per inhabitant
Debt
1,731 · 580per inhabitant
Gross savings
324 · 240per inhabitant
Property tax on buildings, municipal rate
40.05 % · 33.08 % in 2025

The full comparison

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.

Source: DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated commune base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials · 2024·Data·Method