Pas-de-Calais · Hauts-de-France · 3,862 residents
How much does Violaines spend?
Mayor: Jean-François Castell since March 2026 · 27 town councillors
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
In a town this size, a single building project is enough to swing the total from one year to the next.
What the money pays for in Violaines
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Violaines spends 12 % more per inhabitant than towns of 3,500 to 5,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size3.8 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteViolaines devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration3.4M€90 %elsewhere: 42%more than elsewhere (42%)
- Culture, youth and sports212k€6 %elsewhere: 12%less than elsewhere (12%)
- Education and training130k€3 %elsewhere: 18%less than elsewhere (18%)
- Transport38k€1 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Environment10k€0 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Health and social action2k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
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.
Spending6.8 M€
Charges de personnel2M€29 %Achats et charges externes1.3M€20 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 149 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies472k€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)56k€1 %Revenue5.4 M€
Property tax in Violaines
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · down since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 39.29%.
In 2024, Violaines collected 696 k€ in property and residence taxes, or 13% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €795 per inhabitant
Of which 2.8 M€ of equipment. That is +185.2 % 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 · 1.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €691 per inhabitant · −32.3 % 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 · 5 contracts
Top supplier: SARL Batipaysage, 560 k€, marché de travaux daménagement de la cour de lécole Eustache Varet à Violaines
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: 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.