Has property tax gone up in Joué-lès-Tours in recent years?

No. The municipal rates of Joué-lès-Tours have not risen since 2014, once the transfer of the departmental share in 2021 is neutralised, and the 2026 initial budget carries them over unchanged. The increase you see from one year to the next therefore comes from the national revaluation of cadastral bases, not from a municipal decision: +3,4 % in 2022, +7,1 % in 2023, +3,9 % in 2024, +1,7 % in 2025 and +0,8 % in 2026.

Why does the town of Joué-lès-Tours mention a rate of 40,19 %?

Because, in its budget orientation report, it costed the rise it would need to vote to offset through taxation the decisions of the State affecting its revenue: raising the rate of property tax on built property from 37,09 % to 40,19 %, that is more than three points. The effect on owners would be +8,36 %, that is 1 083,60 € for a municipal share of 1 000 €. This rise was costed but not voted.

How much property tax will I pay in Joué-lès-Tours?

As an order of magnitude, allow around 410 € a year for a 30 m² studio in La Rabière, around 1 010 € for a 65 m² 3-room flat in the Centre, around 1 390 € for an 85 m² 4-room flat in L'Alouette and close to 1 870 € for a 110 m² house, household waste included. This represents between 0,6 % and 0,7 % of the property value each year. The actual amount depends on the cadastral rental value shown on your notice.

When will I receive my 2026 property tax notice?

The 2026 property tax notice is sent by the Direction générale des finances publiques, the French public finances directorate, between late August and early October 2026, by post and in your impots.gouv.fr account. The payment deadline is generally set at 15 October for monthly payers and 20 October for direct payment. No action is needed, the calculation is automatic. A claim remains possible until 31 December of the following year.

Does a low property tax rate increase the value of a property in Joué-lès-Tours?

It reduces the annual ownership cost, which is a favourable argument for a buyer, especially when the neighbouring municipality shows a rate six points higher for identical metropolitan services. The effect remains secondary compared with location, the condition of the property and its energy performance certificate: from La Rabière to Beaulieu, the price per m² varies by nearly 40 % in Joué-lès-Tours, a gap that no tax decision produces.

Property tax Joué-lès-Tours 2026: the rejected rise

Q: Is property tax lower in Joué-lès-Tours than in Tours?

On the rate, yes: 37,09 % in Joué-lès-Tours against 43,44 % in Tours in 2025, a gap of 6,35 points within the same metropolitan authority. On the final amount, the answer depends on your home, because property tax is the product of a rate and a base, and cadastral rental values are specific to each property. In Joué-lès-Tours, however, both parameters work in the same direction, as property values there are lower than in Tours.

Q: By how much will my property tax rise in Joué-lès-Tours in 2026?

With the municipal rate unchanged, the increase comes solely from the national revaluation of cadastral bases, set at +0,8 % for 2026 (coefficient 1,008, indexed on the harmonised index of consumer prices of November 2025). On a tax of 1 200 €, that represents around 10 € more. A new home coming out of a temporary exemption, or an extended home, may see a much larger rise, linked to its base and not to the rate.

In Joué-lès-Tours, the tax question was settled before the municipal elections of March 2026, and it was settled in the negative. In its budget orientation report, the town set out in black and white what it would need to absorb the cuts announced by the State: raising the property tax rate from 37,09 % to 40,19 %, that is 8,36 % more on your notice. It costed the rise, then gave it up. The 2026 initial budget carries the rate over unchanged, for the twelfth year in a row. Here is what this decision saves you, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, and what will rise all the same.

Key points

The municipal rate of property tax on built property in Joué-lès-Tours is 37,09 % in the 2026 initial budget, unchanged since 2014.
In its budget report, the town costed the rise it would have had to vote to offset the decisions of the State: 40,19 %, that is +8,36 % on your bill. It did not vote it.
The Joué-lès-Tours rate is 6,35 points lower than that of Tours (43,44 %), within the same metropolitan authority.
The notified tax bases reach 53,83 M€ in 2026 (+2,00 %) for a voted yield of 19,98 M€, that is close to 38 % of the municipality's operating revenue.
Your notice will nonetheless rise by 0,8 % in 2026: this is the national revaluation of the tax bases, over which the town has no control.

1. What is the property tax rate in Joué-lès-Tours in 2026?

Quick answer

The municipal rate of property tax on built property in Joué-lès-Tours is 37,09 % in 2026. It appears as such in the annex on rate decisions of the initial budget voted by the municipal council, for notified tax bases of 53 825 563 € and an expected yield of 19 979 687 €. Source: Town of Joué-lès-Tours, 2026 initial budget, annex D3.

The Joué-lès-Tours notice reads in a few lines, only one of which is decided by the municipal council. It is also, by far, the heaviest.

Tax line	Rate 2026	Who votes it
Property tax on built property, municipal share	37,09 %	Municipal council of Joué-lès-Tours
Property tax on unbuilt land, municipal share	50,44 %	Municipal council of Joué-lès-Tours
Household waste collection tax	voted by the metropolitan authority	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Residence tax on second homes	17,28 %	Municipal council of Joué-lès-Tours

One point usefully places Joué-lès-Tours: the municipality has no inter-municipal share of property tax on built property. Tours Métropole Val de Loire, the metropolitan authority, levies no additional rate on this tax, as confirmed by the rates recorded in Tours, where the grouping share is also nil. What you pay on this line therefore goes entirely to the municipality.

Reading note

The household waste collection tax is voted by Tours Métropole Val de Loire and appears on the same notice, on a separate line. The full rate recorded in Tours in 2025 stood at 10,86 % of the tax base, with no zoned reduced rate. Check the exact line applicable to your home on your notice: it is not voted by the municipality.

2. Twelve years without a rise: a rare trajectory

Quick answer

The municipal rates of Joué-lès-Tours have not risen since 2014, once the transfer of the departmental share that took place in 2021 is neutralised. Twelve consecutive tax years without any rate movement, in a period when municipalities of the same size have raised their taxation. Source: budget orientation report of the town.

The wording appears as such in the budget documents: "no increase in the municipal tax rate in Joué-lès-Tours". It is not a campaign slogan, it is a line held over several successive budgets and confirmed in the 2026 initial budget.

The context makes this stability more significant than it seems. Since the abolition of the residence tax (taxe d'habitation) on main residences, property tax has become the only tax lever a municipality can really use. Property tax on unbuilt land and the residence tax on second homes accounted for only 7,29 % of the taxable bases of Joué-lès-Tours in 2024.

In other words: raising municipal taxation today means placing the effort on owners alone. That is the argument the town puts forward for not moving.

Our reading

The argument seems sound to us on the substance. In a municipality where 51,1 % of households own their main residence and where the median standard of living stands at 23 890 € a year, a rate rise hits half of the population, which is far from well off. The counterpart deserves to be known: when a municipality forbids itself the tax lever, the adjustment is made elsewhere, on operating spending or on investment. It is this shift, more than the rate, that should be followed.

3. The rise the town costed, then rejected

Quick answer

In its budget orientation report, the town calculated that it would need to raise the rate of property tax on built property from 37,09 % to 40,19 %, that is more than three points, to offset through taxation the decisions of the State affecting its revenue. The effect on your notice: +8,36 %, that is 1 083,60 € instead of 1 000 €. This rise was not voted.

It is an uncommon exercise in budget transparency, and it is what makes the Joué-lès-Tours case interesting. Many municipalities announce that they will not move their rates. Few publish the figure of the rise they would have had to vote to stay balanced without making trade-offs. Joué-lès-Tours did.

Scenario	Municipal rate	On a municipal share of 1 000 €
Rate voted in the 2026 budget	37,09 %	1 000 €
Rise costed, then set aside	40,19 %	1 083,60 €
Rate applied in Tours (2025)	43,44 %	1 171 €

Two points of method. First, this costing concerns the municipal share alone: the household waste line of your notice is not affected, since it falls under the metropolitan authority. Second, the comparison with Tours holds for an identical tax base; cadastral rental values are specific to each home, and the same property would not have the same base on either side of the municipal boundary.

The town published the amount of the rise it refused to vote. That is rare, and it is the most useful figure in the whole Joué-lès-Tours budget.

4. Why your notice still rises in 2026

Quick answer

Because property tax is the product of a rate and a base, and the base is revalued every year by law, not by the municipality. For 2026, the flat-rate revaluation coefficient of cadastral rental values is +0,8 %, indexed on the harmonised index of consumer prices of November 2025. On a tax of 1 200 €, that represents around 10 € more.

This is the mechanism that explains almost all the increases in notices in Joué-lès-Tours since 2014. The rate does not move, the base rises.

Over the last five tax years, the movement has been far from negligible: +3,4 % in 2022, +7,1 % in 2023, +3,9 % in 2024, +1,7 % in 2025, then +0,8 % in 2026. Taken together, these coefficients have increased the bill by around 18 % in five years, without any decision of the municipal council.

In Joué-lès-Tours, a second effect comes on top: the physical growth of the tax bases. The notified bases rise by 2,00 % in 2026, more than the statutory revaluation of 0,8 % alone. The gap corresponds to new constructions and to homes returning to full taxation after a temporary exemption. The municipality's tax yield therefore rises, with the rate frozen.

Exemptions to check

Three schemes reduce the bill and are too rarely claimed. The two-year exemption for new constructions applies by right on the historical departmental share, unless the municipality decides otherwise. The exemption for owners over 75 years of age and the tax relief for those over 65 years of age depend on your reference taxable income. Finally, if your notice seems wrong on the surface area or the category of the home, a claim can be made from your impots.gouv.fr account until 31 December of the following year. Exact conditions on service-public.fr.

5. How much do you pay depending on your neighbourhood?

Quick answer

In orders of magnitude, from around 410 € a year for a 30 m² studio in La Rabière to around 1 870 € for a 110 m² house, household waste included. Relative to the price of the property, this represents between 0,6 % and 0,7 % of its value each year. The exact amount depends on the cadastral rental value shown on your notice, not on the market price.

The four profiles below are built from real neighbourhoods of Joué-lès-Tours and from order-of-magnitude rental values. They do not replace your notice, which alone is authoritative. The last column relates the annual charge to the market value of the home, calculated with the prices per m² derived from actually recorded transactions.

Four typical profiles in Joué-lès-Tours

Profile	Property value	Municipal share (37,09 %)	Household waste	Annual total	Weight on the value
Studio 30 m², La Rabière	~ 58 000 €	~ 315 €	~ 95 €	~ 410 €	0,71 % a year
3-room flat 65 m², Centre	~ 140 000 €	~ 780 €	~ 230 €	~ 1 010 €	0,72 % a year
4-room flat 85 m², L'Alouette	~ 224 000 €	~ 1 075 €	~ 315 €	~ 1 390 €	0,62 % a year
House 110 m², Beaulieu area	~ 295 000 €	~ 1 445 €	~ 425 €	~ 1 870 €	0,63 % a year

These profiles rely on neighbourhoods with contrasting prices: 1 940 €/m² in La Rabière, 2 156 €/m² in the Centre, 2 636 €/m² in L'Alouette and 2 715 €/m² in Beaulieu, the most sought-after area, for a municipal average of 2 146 €/m² for flats and 2 679 €/m² for houses in 2026 (DVF data, the French notarised sales database, processed by Immover, transactions 2024-2025). The details are on our page property prices per m² in Joué-lès-Tours.

An additional benchmark, taken from the budget itself. Related to the 19 643 homes in the municipality, the notified bases of 53,83 M€ put the average base at around 2 700 € per property, that is a municipal share of around 1 000 €. This order of magnitude includes business premises and is therefore only a benchmark, but it matches the profiles in the table.

6. Simulator: what you would pay at the Tours rate

Quick answer

Enter the net tax base shown on your property tax notice, on the "commune" line. The simulator calculates your municipal share at the Joué-lès-Tours rate of 37,09 %, then what it would be at the rate of 40,19 % costed by the town, and finally at the Tours rate of 43,44 %. The three calculations use the same base: only the rate changes.

Your municipal share, at three rates

The rate voted in Joué-lès-Tours, the one the town costed without voting it, and the Tours rate.

Net tax base, commune line (€)

Calculation on the municipal share of the property tax on built property only, excluding household waste and ancillary taxes. The net tax base appears on your notice, "base" column, "commune" line. The comparison with Tours is made on an identical base, for illustration: cadastral rental values are specific to each home and each municipality. Rates used: Joué-lès-Tours 37,09 % (2026 initial budget), scenario costed by the town 40,19 %, Tours 43,44 % (rate recorded in 2025).

7. Joué-lès-Tours compared with Tours and its population band

Quick answer

The Joué-lès-Tours rate is lower than that of its population band and that of comparable municipalities. On the 2023 rates submitted to the budget debate, Joué-lès-Tours stood at 37,09 % against 40,14 % on average for municipalities of the same size and 46,58 % for so-called similar municipalities. Compared with Tours (43,44 %), the gap reaches 6,35 points.

The comparison should be read with care. It concerns the rate, not the final amount: a lower rate applied to a higher base can produce a heavier bill. In Joué-lès-Tours, both parameters work in the same direction, since property values there are noticeably lower than in Tours.

Benchmark	Municipal rate on built property	Gap with Joué-lès-Tours
Joué-lès-Tours (2026 budget)	37,09 %	-
Population band average (2023)	40,14 %	+3,05 points
Tours (2025)	43,44 %	+6,35 points
"Similar" municipalities (2023)	46,58 %	+9,49 points

Our reading

The real issue in Joué-lès-Tours is not the level of the rate, it is its durability. Frédéric Augis was re-elected in the first round on 15 March 2026, with 60,94 % of the votes cast and 33 seats out of 39: the term now beginning is politically comfortable and starts with a reaffirmed tax commitment. It also starts with an equation set out in black and white in the budget documents: the equivalent of three rate points is missing. This gap will have to be absorbed somewhere, in operating spending or in investment. For an owner, that is the variable to watch in the coming budgets, more than the rate itself.

To place your property in the local market, see our property prices per m² in Joué-lès-Tours by neighbourhood, as well as our analysis of property tax in Tours, where the rise voted in 2022 has been frozen since.

8. What effect on the value of your property?

Quick answer

Moderate but real, and rather favourable. The Joué-lès-Tours market stands at 2 146 €/m² on average for a flat in 2026 and 2 679 €/m² for a house, almost stable over twelve months (-0,4 %) and up 5 % over five years. An annual ownership cost close to 0,65 % of the property value is an argument buyers take into account, especially when comparing Joué-lès-Tours with Tours.

Three observations to place the real effect of taxation on your property.

1. The rate gap with Tours is a concrete selling point. On a family home, six points of municipal rate represent several hundred euros a year, for identical metropolitan services: same metropolitan authority, same transport network, same waste policy. It is the kind of comparison buyers make more and more often.

2. Stability is worth as much as the level. Twelve tax years without a rise give a visibility that few municipalities can claim. Over a twenty-year financing plan, this predictability matters, even though no municipality can commit beyond its current term.

3. The address weighs more than the rate. From La Rabière to Beaulieu, the price per m² varies by nearly 40 %. No tax decision produces an effect of this order on the resale price. The urban renewal under way in La Rabière, a neighbourhood home to around 15 % of the municipal population, will weigh more on values in the area than any rate decision.

To place your home precisely, see our dedicated page on property prices per m² in Joué-lès-Tours, detailed from actually recorded transactions, or start an estimate below.

Sources and references

Town of Joué-lès-Tours, 2026 initial budget, annex D3 "Decisions on contribution rates": property tax on built property 37,09 % for notified tax bases of 53 825 563 € (+2,00 %) and a voted yield of 19 979 687 €, property tax on unbuilt land 50,44 % (bases 206 437 €, yield 104 127 €), residence tax on second homes 17,28 % (bases 1 058 884 €, yield 182 975 €), total budget 62 889 920,51 € and actual operating revenue 53 164 963,27 €Official source
Town of Joué-lès-Tours, budget orientation report: municipal rates unchanged since 2014 once the addition of the departmental share is neutralised, costing of a necessary rise in the rate of property tax on built property from 37,09 % to 40,19 % to offset the decisions of the State, that is +8,36 % on the bill (1 083,60 € for a tax of 1 000 €), share of property tax on unbuilt land and of the residence tax on second homes limited to 7,29 % of the taxable bases in 2024, comparison of 2023 rates with the population band (40,14 % on built property, 54,53 % on unbuilt land, 21,98 % for residence tax) and with similar municipalities (46,58 %, 65,76 % and 22,70 %)Official source
Association des maires de France, the association of French mayors, and finance act for 2026, flat-rate revaluation coefficient of cadastral rental values for 2026 set at 1,008 (+0,8 %) by indexation on the harmonised index of consumer prices of November 2025, after +3,4 % in 2022, +7,1 % in 2023, +3,9 % in 2024 and +1,7 % in 2025Public data
Cabinet FSL for the Banque des Territoires, "Taux d'imposition 2025 des grandes collectivités" (tax rates of large local authorities), May 2025: municipal rate of property tax on built property in Tours at 43,44 % in 2025, with no grouping share, stable compared with 2024; household waste collection tax applicable in Tours at the full rate of 10,86 % in 2025, levied by the inter-municipal authority, with no zoned reduced ratePublic data
French Ministry of the Interior, official results of the municipal elections of March 2026 in Joué-lès-Tours: list led by Frédéric Augis elected in the first round on 15 March with 60,94 % of the votes cast and 33 seats out of 39, ahead of Romain Fredon (22,59 %, 4 seats) and Romain Vilaud (14,04 %, 2 seats), turnout of 53,94 % for 25 109 registered votersOfficial source
INSEE, the French statistics institute, 2023 population census, municipality of Joué-lès-Tours (37122): 38 423 inhabitants, 19 643 homes of which 93,3 % main residences, 1,0 % second homes (around 200 homes) and 5,6 % vacant homes, 51,1 % of households owning their main residence, median standard of living of 23 890 €, poverty rate of 20,7 %Public data
Service-public.fr and impots.gouv.fr, property tax exemptions and relief: two-year exemption for new constructions, exemption for owners over 75 years of age and relief for those over 65 years of age subject to reference taxable income conditions, notices sent between late August and early October, deadline for claims until 31 December of the following year (consulted in August 2026)Official source
Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF, Etalab and DGFiP), 2024-2025 transactions in Indre-et-Loire processed by Immover: average price of a flat in Joué-lès-Tours of 2 146 €/m² and of a house of 2 679 €/m² in 2026, from 1 595 €/m² in Vallée Violette and 1 940 €/m² in La Rabière up to 2 636 €/m² in L'Alouette and 2 715 €/m² in Beaulieu, change of -0,4 % over twelve months and +5 % over five years, around 285 transactions a yearPublic data

L'auteur

Antony Barbier

Founder of Immover

A consultant specialising in real estate data, Antony Barbier follows the market of the Tours metropolitan area, as well as local taxation and regulation. He publishes sourced analyses to help owners estimate and decide on the sale of their property.

Property tax in Joué-lès-Tours in 2026: the rise the town costed, then rejected

1. What is the property tax rate in Joué-lès-Tours in 2026?

2. Twelve years without a rise: a rare trajectory

3. The rise the town costed, then rejected

4. Why your notice still rises in 2026

5. How much do you pay depending on your neighbourhood?

Four typical profiles in Joué-lès-Tours

6. Simulator: what you would pay at the Tours rate

7. Joué-lès-Tours compared with Tours and its population band

8. What effect on the value of your property?

Sources and references

Frequently asked questions

Quelle est la valeur de votre bien à Joue Les Tours ?

Property tax in Joué-lès-Tours in 2026: the rise the town costed, then rejected

1. What is the property tax rate in Joué-lès-Tours in 2026?

2. Twelve years without a rise: a rare trajectory

3. The rise the town costed, then rejected

4. Why your notice still rises in 2026

5. How much do you pay depending on your neighbourhood?

Four typical profiles in Joué-lès-Tours

6. Simulator: what you would pay at the Tours rate

7. Joué-lès-Tours compared with Tours and its population band

8. What effect on the value of your property?

Sources and references

Frequently asked questions

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Quelle est la valeur de votre bien à Joue Les Tours ?