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Guillaume Delbar declared ineligible, Alexandre Garcin elected in December, David Guiraud in March: Roubaix changed mayor three times in four months without its municipal rate of 48,70 % moving. What this rate covers, why an inter-municipal syndicate line puts the Roubaix notice above that of Tourcoing, and the three-year exemption for renovation works that the town has granted since 2008.

Tourcoing claims 0 % increase in local taxes since 2014, and this is accurate. But the cuts from 2015 to 2017 applied to the residence tax, since abolished for main residences. Property tax has never fallen: its municipal rate of 50,99 % is the highest of the four large towns of the Lille metropolitan area. Comparison of municipalities, profiles, vacancy and simulator.

With a municipal share of 33,50 %, Marcq-en-Barœul has the lowest property tax rate of the fourteen municipalities with more than 20 000 inhabitants in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Wattrelos is at double that. And yet the Marcq-en-Barœul notice is one of the heaviest in euros: our line-by-line breakdown, the metropolitan household waste collection tax that weighs 42 % of the municipal rate, and what the change of mayor could change.

The municipal property tax rate in Joué-lès-Tours remains at 37,09 % in 2026, unchanged since 2014. Yet in its budget report, the town had costed the rise it would need: 40,19 %, that is 8,36 % more on your notice. Rates, neighbourhoods, comparison with Tours and a simulator.

The municipal property tax rate in Bron has barely moved in ten years, and the re-elected mayor has committed not to raise it. Yet your notice goes up almost every year: the national revaluation of the bases and the share of the Métropole de Lyon, the Lyon metropolitan authority, explain most of it. Calculation, profiles by neighbourhood and a simulator.

With a 53,10 % municipal share, 2,50 % for the inter-municipal authority and 6,50 % of household waste collection tax, Nevers levies 62,10 % of the tax base. Set against a market at 1 102 €/m², property tax represents around 1,4 % of the property value per year. The rise voted in 2023, amounts by neighbourhood and a simulator that converts your notice into square metres.

In April 2025, the town of Cholet and the Agglomération du Choletais, its inter-municipal authority, cut their property tax rates, against the national trend: municipal rate brought down from 49,53 % to 48,04 %, inter-municipal share from 5 % to 3 %. An analysis of this double cut, typical profiles by neighbourhood and a savings simulator.

Property tax in Antony in 2026: a municipal rate of 27,09 %, close to the average of the Hauts-de-Seine. Why your notice climbs even though the town has not touched its rate, what you pay by profile, the tax base simulator and the effect on the value of your property.

Since 1 January 2025, Saint-Denis and Pierrefitte-sur-Seine have formed a single municipality. The merger aligned Pierrefitte on the Saint-Denis rate of 38,94 %, against 47,84 % before, a fall of 18,97 % in tax yield as calculated by the town. The Saint-Denis rate itself has not moved since 2021, but revenue is rising by 3,2 % a year. Profiles by neighbourhood, a simulator and what the change of majority could still alter.

The new municipal team voted a 2026 budget without touching the rates. But the municipal rate of 43,75 % still includes the rise of 4,54 points decided in 2023, one of the steepest in the Île-de-France. What it still costs you every year, amounts by profile, a simulator, and what will be at stake in the 2027 budget.

Property tax in Arras: the town saw a rare rise of +3,3 % in 2025, driven by the GEMAPI tax, whose rate almost tripled (0,59 % to 1,47 %). Municipal rate, calculation, amounts by profile, simulator and impact on value.

Étampes cut its municipal rate from 46,16 % to 45,79 % in 2025, and the 2026 budget carries it over. That rare move is worth around nine euros a year to the owner of a 3-room flat. The same town has voted a 50 % property tax exemption for three years after energy renovation works, sixty times more powerful. Amounts by profile and a simulator.

In Beauvais, 97,7 % of the property tax rate on your notice is voted by the town council: the inter-municipal authority levies only 0,906 % and there is no GEMAPI tax. Rates for 2026, comparison with the large cities, amounts by profile, tax on vacant homes and a simulator.

The municipal rate in Nîmes has not moved since 2021, at 53,20 %, the fourth highest among the large French cities. As Nîmes Métropole levies nothing on built property, 98,5 % of your notice is voted by the town council. And that council changed majority on 22 March 2026. Breakdown of the notice, profiles by district and simulator.

By voting a 10 % rise on 8 April 2024, Villeurbanne raised its municipal rate to 32,93 % and passed Lyon, which stayed at 31,89 %. The move came when the market was falling by 9 % over five years. What that squeeze costs you, why Villeurbanne stays below the national median, profiles by neighbourhood and a simulator.

Le Mans tops the rankings of property tax increases, with a municipal rate that went from 13,65 % to 34,71 % between 2020 and 2025. The gap matches exactly the departmental share transferred to the municipalities in 2021. The real rate, the real increase, the waste collection tax at three rates depending on your street and a simulator by collection zone.

Châteauroux shows a municipal property tax rate of 43,82 %, well above the average of the Indre. Yet the rate has not moved since 2021. The explanation lies less in tax policy than in demography: one inhabitant in five fewer since 1975. Breakdown of the notice, typical profiles by neighbourhood and a simulator.

The municipal property tax rate in Le Havre is 54,36 % and has not moved since 2009. Yet your notice is going up: the household waste collection line has risen by 6 % in one year and the bases are revalued. A line-by-line reading, profiles by district and a simulator.

In Dijon, the municipal rate of property tax stays frozen at 50,28 % in 2026, as it has been for ten years. But the Dijon Métropole share has more than doubled and the revaluation of the bases keeps weighing. First budget of Nathalie Koenders, amounts by profile and impact on the value of your property.

With 15,09 % of municipal share unchanged since 2009, Boulogne-Billancourt is the least taxed municipality of more than 100 000 inhabitants in France: 34 838th out of 34 874. But the town has pulled another lever, one that does not concern the main residence. The surcharge on second homes has gone from 0 to 60 % in four years, and a pied-à-terre there pays close to four times more than an occupied home.

Lens applies 64,57 % of property tax on built property, one of the highest rates in France. That is not a sign of fiscal appetite but of a narrow tax base: only 27 % of households own their home, and the town has no second homes to tax. A line-by-line breakdown, the real increase that came from the inter-municipal authority, typical profiles by neighbourhood and a simulator.

In the Hauts-de-Seine, the wealthiest department in France, Colombes shows a municipal property tax rate of 28,16 %, above the average, while remaining more affordable to buy in than its neighbours. The rate has not moved, but your notice is climbing: national bases and Greater Paris taxes. And the town has just swung to the right in March 2026.

The municipal rate in Chartres has not moved since 2021, and it had fallen by eight points between 2001 and 2020. Yet the notice in Chartres remains one of the heaviest in France, at 67,60 % of the base once household waste collection is included. Breakdown layer by layer, departmental comparison, profile types by district and a simulator.

Out of 198 French municipalities with more than 40 000 inhabitants, only eleven raised their property tax rate in 2026. Courbevoie is one of them, with the smallest rise on the list: +2,5 %, voted on 28 April. After the move, the rate stays at 17,0 %, half the national average. Breakdown, comparison across the Hauts-de-Seine and a simulator.

In Calais, the municipal property tax rate reaches 44,45 %, a level that comes as a surprise. Half of it comes from a departmental share transferred to the municipality in 2021, with no real rise for the taxpayer. How the mechanism works, typical profiles by district and a simulator.

The municipal property tax rate in Caen stands at 51,03 %, one of the highest in France. Behind that figure lies a story of restraint: a cut voted in 2019, a rate frozen since then, and the 2021 accounting transfer that misleads owners. Explanation, profiles and real impact.

Rouen shows one of the highest property tax rates in France (48,71 %) on one of the most accessible markets (2 756 €/m²). Rate frozen by the Mayer-Rossignol council, drift of the bases, weight for the investor: what changes on your 2026 notice.

In 2024, the town of Nancy and the Métropole du Grand Nancy raised their rate in the same year: 33,98 % for the municipal share after 29,68 %, 9,65 % for the metropolitan share after 8,81 %. The overall levy reaches 50,66 % of the tax base, in a town where only 28,5 % of main residences are occupied by their owner. The amounts district by district and a simulator that isolates the extra cost of 2024.

Angoulême has one of the highest municipal rates of property tax in France: 61,69 % in 2026. Behind that record, a modest tax base keeps the real bill in check. A breakdown of the rate, its history, profiles and the impact on the value of your property.

The municipal rate in Périgueux is 68,52 %, identical since 2021 and carried over with no increase in the 2026 budget. It is the 64th highest municipal rate in France out of 34 874 municipalities. Yet the property taxation of an owner in Périgueux has changed twice in four years, with no vote on a rate, and it will change again in 2027 with household waste returning to the notice.

Property tax in Blois in 2026: a municipal rate of 57,70 %, one of the heaviest in the Loire valley, 12,5 points above the Loir-et-Cher average. What that level covers, what you pay by profile, the extra-cost calculator and the debate at the 2026 municipal elections.

In Besançon the municipal rate of property tax stays at 43,72 % in 2026, one of the highest among the large French cities, unchanged since 2023. Yet your notice climbs: it is the national revaluation of the tax base, +14 % cumulative since 2022, that makes the rise. The breakdown, a calculator, and what the arrival of a new mayor in 2026 changes.

Since 1 January 2026, Montpellier has capped at 770 the number of short-term tourist rental authorisations in its central zone, and the threshold has already been reached. Elsewhere, a single authorisation per tax household, valid for four years. What that changes for your property.

In Limoges, a paradox: one of the cheapest large cities in France (~1 570 €/m²) applies a high municipal property tax rate (42,13 %, raised by 10 % in 2023). Measured against the value of the property, the cost of holding it is heavy. Amounts by district, a national comparison and a simulator.

On 23 April 2026, the municipal council of Ajaccio voted a rise of 19 % in the direct tax rates: the municipal share of property tax moves from 30,65 % to 36,47 %, the first movement since 2021. But the heaviest line on the Ajaccio notice does not move, and it is the household waste line, at 20,57 %. Amounts by district, a simulator of the extra cost and a comparison with Bastia.

In 2024, after more than ten years of leaving them alone, Saint-Étienne raised its municipal rates by 15 % in one go: property tax on built property went from 38,85 % to 44,68 %, ahead of Marseille. The rate has not moved since, but the decision weighs every autumn. Amounts by district, a simulator of the extra cost and what the March 2026 change of majority means.

On a Carcassonne notice, 18,71 % of the property tax is voted by Carcassonne Agglo, not by the town hall. The town took that fiscal pact to court and lost on appeal on 16 April 2026. Breakdown of the overall rate of 72,67 %, profiles by district and a simulator.

In Amiens, the property tax rate is one of the highest in France (around 56 % combined), but it has not risen since 2014 and stays frozen in 2026. Rates, ranking, relative weight on low prices and a simulator.

Troyes applies a municipal rate of 50,44 %, close to 64,5 % with the waste collection tax, to one of the least expensive markets in France (1 762 €/m²). Measured against the value of the property, the tax represents 1,3 % to 2,0 % a year. A look back at the twenty-three years of freeze, the 2023 correction, and the decision on comfort features expected before the end of September 2026.

On 24 April 2026 the town council of Aulnay-sous-Bois voted to move its property tax rate from 30,69 % to 39,87 %, a rise of 29,9 % in the municipal share after eleven financial years without change. What the decision changes on your autumn notice, what it does not change, and where it now places Aulnay in the Seine-Saint-Denis.

The municipal rate in Asnières-sur-Seine has been frozen at 19,50 % since 2021, and the inter-municipal line on your notice is at zero. Yet your bill is rising. Two lines are responsible, including a household waste tax at 5,77 % that accounts for close to a quarter of what you pay, and which the Conseil d'État has just weakened.

The municipal property tax rate in Vannes has been frozen at 33,68 % since 2021, the lowest of the large Breton cities. Yet the bill is rising: the household waste collection tax went from 8,01 % to 11,82 % in four years, close to 48 % of increase on that line alone. Amounts by district, a simulator and the tax lever Vannes does not have.

In Reims, the overall property tax rate is close to 46 %, of which nearly 44,8 % is the municipal share, while prices remain moderate at 2 731 €/m². The result: measured against the value of the property, the tax weighs more than elsewhere. What you pay by profile and why your notice climbs despite a stable rate.

The municipal rate in Poitiers has not moved: 49,34 %, unchanged since 2021. But Grand Poitiers took its share of property tax on built property from 5,17 % to 10,99 % on 30 April 2026, which pushes the overall rate towards 60,74 %. Who really pays for that increase in a town where 68 % of households are tenants, how much it costs by profile, and what it weighs in months of rent.

Colmar levies 33,00 % of municipal property tax, a rate unchanged since at least 2021. Including household waste, an owner in Colmar pays 41,10 % of their tax base, against 53,84 % in Strasbourg and 59,06 % in Mulhouse. Breakdown of the notice, Alsace comparison, simulator, and the peculiarity of the land register that prevents you from comparing your tax with actual prices.

Property tax in Bergerac in 2026: a municipal rate of 54,74 % and an inter-municipal share of 8,78 %, that is 63,52 % in total, one of the heaviest in the south-west. Calculation, amounts by profile, town / conurbation simulator and impact on value.

Property tax 2026: notices online since 27 August, payment until 20 October, the revaluation of tax bases limited to 0,8 %, exemption thresholds raised to 12 793 €. The full picture, backed by DGFiP sources.

Two rates circulate for Valence and both are correct: 40,68 % is the share the town votes, 45,36 % the overall rate on your notice. Between the two, 4,68 points that go to the urban community, to GEMAPI and to the special facilities taxes. Breakdown, a distribution simulator, and why your notice climbs while the municipal rate has not moved since 2021.

Unlike most municipalities, which let the revaluation of the tax bases do the work, Quimper voted an increase in its property tax rate in 2023, from 39,90 % to 42,28 %. A rate now among the highest in Brittany, above Brest, on an affordable market. Amounts by profile and a simulator of what the increase costs.

The municipal property tax rate in Albi has been frozen at 59,88 % since 2021, and the budget that carries it over to 2026 was adopted in December 2025, three months before the March vote. With the urban community share and household waste, the notice adds up to around 74,6 %. Amounts by district, a breakdown simulator and the rate on land that nobody looks at.

Clermont-Ferrand combines some of the lowest property prices among large French cities with one of the highest property tax rates, close to 50 %. Rate, calculation, amounts by profile and impact on the value of your property.

Property tax in Agen in 2026: a municipal rate in the order of 60,85 %, almost half of it inherited from the 2021 transfer of the departmental share, and a change of municipal majority in March 2026. Calculation, amounts by profile, simulator and impact on value.

In Béziers, Robert Ménard claims to keep local taxes under control. The municipal property tax rate has indeed stayed stable at 47,99 %, but the cut promised in 2014 never happened, and the bill has risen with the revaluation of the tax bases. Explanation, profiles and impact on your property.

The municipal rate in Chambéry is 41,96 %, unchanged since 2022. It is the highest of the 38 municipalities of Grand Chambéry: eleven points more than La Ravoire, four kilometres away, with the same conurbation share and the same waste collection. Profiles by district, the second-home surcharge and a comparison simulator.

Mérignac has not raised its property tax rate since 2009: 46,18 %, the 9th lowest rate of the 28 municipalities of Bordeaux Métropole. And yet your autumn notice is heavier. A line-by-line breakdown, a metropolitan comparison, typical profiles by district and a simulator.

Property tax in Agde in 2026: a municipal rate of 46,91 %, among the highest in France, unchanged since 2008, in a town where Cap d'Agde holds 89 % second homes. Calculation, amounts by profile, simulator and impact on value.

The rate of property tax on built property in Bourges reaches 45,92 % in 2026, one of the highest among medium-sized towns. Yet the town has voted no rise since 2021: that level comes from the transfer of the departmental share. What you pay, the breakdown calculator, and why your notice climbs despite the frozen rate.

On 30 April 2026 the town council of Bastia voted a rise of 13,67 % in the property tax rate, taken from 36,58 % to 41,58 %. It is the first budget decision of the new mayor Gilles Simeoni, and the first rise since 2009. In a town where six residents out of ten are tenants, the bill falls on a narrow base. Amounts by profile and a calculator for the extra cost.

Angers did not raise its rate in 2026, but it remains the 2nd most heavily taxed large city in France, behind Grenoble. Where that record rate of 56,42 % comes from, what it means by profile, and why it weighs differently on a property market that has stayed affordable.

The municipal property tax rate in Tours is 43,44 % in 2026, frozen since the 11,56 % rise voted in 2022 by the green-led council. What that rise paid for, what you pay by profile, the calculator for the extra cost, and why your notice climbs despite the freeze.

In Nantes, the property tax has risen by about 39 % since 2015, nearly twice as fast as inflation, while property prices have been falling. The path under Johanna Rolland, how the rate works, the amounts by profile and a calculator for the rise.

Grenoble is the large city with the highest property tax rate in France, a legacy of the 25 % rise voted in 2023 under Éric Piolle. The rate, the calculation, the amounts by profile and what the new council will do with it.

In Rennes, the overall property tax rate on built property reaches nearly 47,7 % in 2026, of which 45,66 % is the municipal share: one of the highest of the large cities. What you pay by profile, why your notice climbs despite a stable rate, and the double penalty of the second-home surcharge.

In Perpignan, the municipal property tax rate is close to 47 %, among the highest in France, while property prices are among the lowest of large cities. The result: set against the value of the property, the tax weighs more heavily than elsewhere. Rate, calculation, profiles and a property tax effort calculator.

The town of Brest lowered its municipal rate, but the metropolitan authority raised its own and the revaluation of the bases did the rest: an overall rate stable at around 43,56 %, above the average, on one of the most affordable markets in France. Analysis, typical profiles and a calculator.

In Versailles the property tax rate is among the lowest in France and has been all but frozen for five years. Yet the bill stays high: a low rate applied to high rental values in a heritage town. Rates, stability, profiles and a revaluation simulator.

The municipal rate in Levallois-Perret has been frozen at 22,93 % since 2021 and the inter-municipal line is zero. Yet your notice keeps climbing, by about 18 % since 2020, while the price of a Levallois apartment has fallen 8 % over five years. The scissor effect, the heaviest debt in the Hauts-de-Seine (92), and what it means for your property.

Change of use, compensation in Le Suquet, quotas announced for autumn 2026, the loi Le Meur: in Cannes, a town of second homes, the furnished tourist rental is being tightened. Analysis and four scenarios to help you decide.

The municipal property tax rate in Toulouse has been frozen for ten years, yet your notice climbs anyway. The revaluation of the tax bases, the 2026 update of the cadastral records, the amounts by profile and the simulator of the extra cost.

Aix-les-Bains has 15,3 % second homes and sits in a tight housing market: it could surcharge them by up to 60 %, as Chambéry and Annecy do. It never has. The 2026 municipal rate, amounts by profile, a comparison across the Alpine corridor and a simulator of the extra cost avoided.

Bordeaux applies one of the strictest frameworks in France after Paris: 90 days for a main home, and for a second home a change of use with compensation, doubled in the city centre. What every Bordeaux owner should know before letting or selling.

Property tax in Arles in 2026: a municipal rate of 44,95 % unchanged, a campaign argument for Patrick de Carolis, but a notice that climbs through the household waste collection tax and the revaluation of the bases. Calculation, amounts by profile and simulator.

Letting on Airbnb in Annecy in 2026: the stock of furnished tourist rentals has grown sixfold, quotas by zone are capped at 2 660, authorisation runs for 4 years and there is a waiting list. Unlike Nice, the local framework has survived the courts. Registration, taxation under the loi Le Meur and the choice between selling and letting.

In Draguignan, the municipal property tax rate has been frozen at 37,79 % since 2021. Your notice still goes up: the rise comes from the revaluation of the bases and from the inter-municipal authority, not from the town. Amounts by profile, comparison across the Var, the paradox of the tight-market zone and a simulator.

The City of Montpellier has not raised its rate, but the metropolitan authority voted a new property tax share, up from 0,167 % to 5,8 %, on 28 April 2026. What this increase changes for owners, the amounts by profile and a calculator for the new share.

Short-term rentals in Biarritz: the Basque Country imposes offsetting, one of the strictest schemes in France, reinforced or even impossible in the town centre. Change of use, 120 days, taxation under the loi Le Meur, 2026 checks and how to decide.

In Hyères, a coastal town of the Var, the property tax comes on top of a residence tax on second homes surcharged by 30 %. Municipal share, TPM metropolitan authority, surcharge in an area under housing pressure and the end of the Giran era: what your 2026 notice really covers and what it means for the value of your property.

In La Rochelle, the property tax is almost entirely municipal: 54,42 % at town level, 0,26 % for the urban community. One of the highest rates in France, stable since 2021, whose lever passes to the new municipality of Olivier Falorni. Calculation, profiles by district, second-home surcharge and calculator.

Airbnb and furnished tourist rentals in Aix-en-Provence in 2026: a temporary change-of-use permit (3 years, renewable), no compensation but a protected heritage area that all but blocks the centre, a main-home ceiling of 90 days, a registration number and the taxation of the Le Meur act.

Property tax in Cagnes-sur-Mer: one of the highest rates in the Alpes-Maritimes (30,95 %) and a second-home surcharge doubled in 2026, from 20 to 40 %. Calculation, amounts by profile, calculator and impact on value.

The municipal property tax rate in Lyon went from 29,26 % to 31,89 % in 2023, and still applies in 2026. What that rise costs you by profile, the extra-cost simulator, and what the municipal elections of March 2026 could change.

In Annecy, the property tax rate is frozen in 2026 after the 14 % rise of 2024. But it still differs depending on your former municipality: from 32,31 % in Pringy to 35,44 % in Cran-Gevrier. Rates, history, profiles and a territorial simulator.

In Toulon, the municipal property tax rate stays at 39,39 % in 2026, one of the lowest among large cities and stable for more than 20 years. Why your notice rises anyway, what you pay by profile, and the simulator of the effect of the cadastral tax bases.

With a municipal rate of 44,54 %, Marseille has one of the highest property taxes of the large French cities, the legacy of the 14 % rise voted in 2022. What you pay by profile, the extra-cost simulator, and the peculiarity of rental values frozen at 1970.

In Avignon, the property tax does not rise in 2026: the municipal rate stays at 42,44 %, one of the highest in France, frozen since 2014. The last act of the Cécile Helle era before the arrival of Olivier Galzi. Amounts by profile, how the revaluation of the bases works and the impact on the value of your property.

In Fréjus, the municipal property tax rate has not moved for more than ten years and the 2026 budget renews it. But this frozen rate, at 38,73 %, remains higher than that of its neighbour Saint-Raphaël, and the revenue collected has jumped by nearly 45 % in ten years. Amounts by profile, comparison with Saint-Raphaël and simulator.

The municipal property tax rate in Saint-Raphaël has been fixed at 32,79 % for more than ten years, and the 2026 budget voted on 27 April renews it with no rise. Yet the municipal share of your notice has risen by about 14 % since 2022, through the sole effect of the national revaluation of the tax bases. Amounts by profile, a drift simulator and the case of second homes.

Bordeaux has one of the highest municipal property tax rates among large cities, inherited from the 2023 rise, on a declining property market. The double penalty for owners, amounts by profile and the tax-weight simulator.

The municipal property tax rate in Aix-en-Provence is 32,69 % in 2026, unchanged since 2021 and renewed after the re-election of Sophie Joissains. Why a moderate rate does not prevent a high bill, what you pay by profile, the simulator of the rising bases, and the context of a metropolitan area under state supervision.

90-day cap, registration number, change of use with compensation, Le Meur law and taxation: what every Paris owner must know before letting or selling a furnished tourist rental.

Property tax in Menton in 2026: a municipal rate around 39 %, a housing stock 43 % dominated by second homes and a residence tax surcharge that weighs on pied-a-terre bills. Calculation, amounts by profile, simulator and impact on value.

Cannes has one of the lowest property tax rates among large French cities: 27,12 % after the one-point cut of 2025, eleven years with no rise. Amounts by profile, calculation and impact on the value of your property.

Le Meur law, 90-day cap, change of use, suspended quotas: what every Nice owner must know before letting or selling.

Property tax in Paris in 2026: rate held at 20,5 %, a look back at the historic 2023 rise, amounts by profile, calculation and official sources.

Antibes has not moved its municipal property tax rate since 2021: 28,07 %. What has risen is the second-home residence tax surcharge, up from 20 % to 40 % then 50 % in two years, in a town where one home in three is a second home. Calculation, amounts by profile, simulator and comparison with neighbouring towns.

On 24 April 2026 the city council adopted the 4,4-point cut in the municipal rate, returning 33,2 million euros to Nice property owners. Amounts by profile, application schedule and real impact on the value of your property.