2026 ranking · debt per inhabitant

The most indebted cities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Q: Which city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the most debt per inhabitant?

Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze) is the most indebted city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with debt of €1,907 per inhabitant.

Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze) is the most indebted city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with debt of €1,907 per inhabitant. Next come Libourne (Gironde, €1,761) and Dax (Landes, €1,724).

36 towns ranked out of 4,293

Brive-la-Gaillarde, 1^stThe next 19

The podium

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This ranking covers 36 of the 4,293 towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Not ranked: towns with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants. At the other end of the ranking, Villenave-d'Ornon (Gironde) comes last with €357.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: most indebted cities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Rank	Town	Department	Debt per inhabitant (€)	Population
1	Brive-la-Gaillarde	Corrèze (19)	1,907	48,330
2	Libourne	Gironde (33)	1,761	25,591
3	Dax	Landes (40)	1,724	22,972
4	Bordeaux	Gironde (33)	1,536	271,552
5	Angoulême	Charente (16)	1,496	43,454
6	Lormont	Gironde (33)	1,396	26,158
7	Anglet	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	1,383	44,406
8	Poitiers	Vienne (86)	1,355	92,187
9	Périgueux	Dordogne (24)	1,348	30,496
10	Bressuire	Deux-Sèvres (79)	1,345	21,034
11	Biarritz	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	1,328	26,879
12	Pau	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	1,318	81,891
13	Villeneuve-sur-Lot	Lot-et-Garonne (47)	1,301	23,095
14	Agen	Lot-et-Garonne (47)	1,279	33,656
15	Bayonne	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	1,234	55,590
16	Saintes	Charente-Maritime (17)	1,152	26,773
17	Rochefort	Charente-Maritime (17)	1,144	24,081
18	Mont-de-Marsan	Landes (40)	1,127	32,981
19	Bergerac	Dordogne (24)	1,106	27,863
20	La Rochelle	Charente-Maritime (17)	1,086	81,843
21	Niort	Deux-Sèvres (79)	1,072	61,675
22	La Teste-de-Buch	Gironde (33)	953	27,909
23	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles	Gironde (33)	934	33,398
24	Châtellerault	Vienne (86)	856	31,656
25	Gradignan	Gironde (33)	830	27,379
26	Limoges	Haute-Vienne (87)	795	131,817
27	Mérignac	Gironde (33)	743	78,946
28	Cenon	Gironde (33)	719	27,065
29	Gujan-Mestras	Gironde (33)	658	22,615
30	Pessac	Gironde (33)	656	68,102
31	Le Bouscat	Gironde (33)	646	25,441
32	Bègles	Gironde (33)	637	32,221
33	Eysines	Gironde (33)	621	25,154
34	Talence	Gironde (33)	552	47,340
35	Bruges	Gironde (33)	468	20,233
36	Villenave-d'Ornon	Gironde (33)	357	42,858

Source: DGFiP (French public finance directorate), individual accounts of communes (main budget); outstanding debt on December 31 of the latest fiscal year published, divided by the DGF population, cities with 20,000 or more inhabitants. Not ranked: towns with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Most indebted cities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: FAQ

Which city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the most debt per inhabitant?

Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze) is the most indebted city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with debt of €1,907 per inhabitant.

What are the 10 most indebted cities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

In order: Brive-la-Gaillarde (€1,907), Libourne (€1,761), Dax (€1,724), Bordeaux (€1,536), Angoulême (€1,496), Lormont (€1,396), Anglet (€1,383), Poitiers (€1,355), Périgueux (€1,348), and Bressuire (€1,345).

Which city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the least debt per inhabitant?

Villenave-d'Ornon (Gironde) is the least indebted city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with debt of €357 per inhabitant.

How many towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine are ranked?

36 out of 4,293. Not ranked: towns with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants.

What does debt per inhabitant measure?

It is the outstanding debt of the commune’s main budget on December 31 of the latest fiscal year published by the DGFiP, divided by the population used to calculate the state’s general operating grant (the DGF population). High debt may have paid for recent facilities, so it is best read alongside the town’s capacity to repay it. Debt held by intercommunal bodies and joint syndicates is not counted; for Paris, which is both a commune and a department, it also covers department-level responsibilities. Only cities with 20,000 or more inhabitants are ranked here (towns with 5,000 or more appear in the most and least indebted towns rankings): in smaller communes, a few loans can swing the amount per inhabitant sharply.