Meuse · Grand Est · 17,658 residents
How much does Verdun spend?
Mayor: Samuel Hazard since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Verdun
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Verdun spends 83 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size3.4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteVerdun devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports1.1M€32 %elsewhere: 19%more than elsewhere (19%)
- General administration1M€30 %elsewhere: 32%less than elsewhere (32%)
- Health and social action440k€13 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Security and public health431k€13 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Regional planning and housing324k€10 %elsewhere: 8%more than elsewhere (8%)
- Transport45k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Education and training20k€1 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Environment2k€0 %elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
- Economic action2k€0 %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.
Spending13.1 M€
Achats et charges externes1.7M€13 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 292 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.2M€9 %Charges de personnel341k€3 %Charges financières323k€2 %Impôts et taxes (charges)119k€1 %Revenue12.8 M€
Property tax in Verdun
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Verdun collected 3.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 24% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €494 per inhabitant
Of which 9.1 M€ of equipment. That is −6.5 % 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 · 7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · −18.5 % 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.
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.