Nord · Hauts-de-France · 15,735 residents
How much does Wattignies spend?
Mayor: Frederic Faucomprez since March 2026 · 33 town councillors
What the money pays for in Wattignies
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Wattignies spends 11 % less per inhabitant than towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size16.2 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteWattignies devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- Education and training5.1M€31 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports4.1M€26 %elsewhere: 19%more than elsewhere (19%)
- General administration3.2M€20 %elsewhere: 32%less than elsewhere (32%)
- Health and social action1.7M€11 %elsewhere: 9%more than elsewhere (9%)
- Regional planning and housing1.3M€8 %elsewhere: 8%less than elsewhere (8%)
- Environment387k€2 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
- Security and public health372k€2 %elsewhere: 4%less than elsewhere (4%)
- Transport10k€0 %elsewhere: 3%less than elsewhere (3%)
- Economic action4k€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.
Spending22 M€
Charges de personnel8.7M€40 %Achats et charges externes5.8M€26 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 523 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies1.4M€6 %Impôts et taxes (charges)286k€1 %Revenue23.3 M€
Property tax in Wattignies
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.8%.
In 2024, Wattignies collected 8.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 35% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €389 per inhabitant
Of which 5.1 M€ of equipment. That is +2.2 % 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 · 5.7 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €778 per inhabitant · −27.6 % 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 2020 · 4 contracts
Top supplier: Ovol France (Ovol), 12 k€, 20/09/MAR-Fourniture de papiers pour imprimantes, fax, copieurs et duplicopieurs.
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: 2018, 2019, 2020.
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.