Rhône · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 36,349 residents
How much does Villefranche-sur-Saône spend?
Mayor: Thomas Ravier since March 2026 · 39 town councillors
What the money pays for in Villefranche-sur-Saône
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Villefranche-sur-Saône spends 12 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size41.5 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteVillefranche-sur-Saône devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Culture, youth and sports10.4M€25 %elsewhere: 21%more than elsewhere (21%)
- General administration10.2M€25 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training7.5M€18 %elsewhere: 18%same as elsewhere (18%)
- Regional planning and housing4.9M€12 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Environment2.8M€7 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Security and public health2.6M€6 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Transport1.2M€3 %elsewhere: 2%more than elsewhere (2%)
- Health and social action1.1M€3 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Economic action845k€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
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.
Spending64.6 M€
Charges de personnel25M€39 %Achats et charges externes10.4M€16 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 2.8 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies4.8M€8 %Impôts et taxes (charges)779k€1 %Charges financières623k€1 %Revenue68.1 M€
Property tax in Villefranche-sur-Saône
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Villefranche-sur-Saône collected 22.3 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 33% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €607 per inhabitant
Of which 19 M€ of equipment. That is +3.2 % 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 · 28.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · 2.8 times more than in 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 · 69 contracts
Top supplier: Bouygues Bâtiment Sud-Est, 8.7 M€, marché global de performance gs quartier de belleroche
All the town’s contracts (577)
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, 2022, 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.