Property tax in Tourcoing in 2026: twelve years without a rise, but the cuts targeted another tax

1. What is the property tax rate in Tourcoing in 2026?

The Tourcoing notice is one of the simplest in the metropolitan area: no inter-municipal share on built property, no syndicate contribution, and a municipal share that on its own represents 99 % of the overall rate.

The tax base is half of the cadastral rental value of your home. In other words, nearly two thirds of this base go each year to property tax and household waste, and almost the whole of the property tax line is voted at Tourcoing town hall.

2. Has Tourcoing really cut its taxes since 2014?

The municipal magazine of September 2017 set out the trajectory: 33,98 % residence tax in 2015, 33,30 % in 2016, 32,30 % in 2017. This last rate has not moved since.

The result is paradoxical. The tax policy claimed by the town is real, but it applied to the tax that the State then abolished. For the 48,0 % of Tourcoing households who own their main residence, the only local line that remains is the one that has never been lightened.

3. Where does Tourcoing stand in the Lille metropolitan area?

The Métropole Européenne de Lille applies the same household waste collection tax rate everywhere, 14,64 %, and levies no inter-municipal share on built property. Differences between municipalities therefore come almost entirely from the municipal rate and from any syndicate contributions.

Two readings are possible, and they do not give the same ranking. On the municipal rate, Tourcoing is ahead of its neighbour Roubaix by 2,29 points. On the overall rate, Roubaix moves ahead, because a syndicate contribution of 2,71 % is added to its notice. The detail is in our article on property tax in Roubaix; at the other end of the table, see the one on Marcq-en-Barœul.

4. Why has your notice risen despite the rate freeze?

The mechanism is national: property tax is the product of a locally voted rate and a base revalued each year in line with inflation. When inflation was high, a frozen rate did not stop the notice from following.

The 2026 amount is calculated at the rates recorded in 2025, the latest published by the DGFiP; the municipal magazine confirms that there is no increase in municipal rates in the 2026 budget. The slight variations of the overall rate from one year to the next come from the ancillary taxes, not from the municipal share.

5. Simulator: your notice in Tourcoing and in neighbouring municipalities

On a base of 1 000 €, the Tourcoing notice reaches around 662 €. The same base would cost 26 € less in Lille, 45 € less in Mouvaux, but 30 € more in Neuville-en-Ferrain and 162 € more in Wattrelos. The difference with Roubaix is almost nil, 4 € in Tourcoing's favour.

6. How much do you pay, profile by profile?

Tourcoing is a town of houses: 53,0 % of its stock of 46 008 homes, against 46,2 % flats (INSEE, 2023 census). The profiles below are anchored in real neighbourhoods and in the prices per m² from our processing of DVF data, the French notarised sales database. They apply the rate of 66,19 %.

The last column says what matters most for an owner: the small home bears proportionally the heaviest burden. A studio in the Gare area, valued at around 51 000 €, pays nearly 0,8 % of its value each year, whereas a townhouse pays 0,5 %.

7. What does an empty home or a second home cost in Tourcoing?

Vacancy is a real issue in Tourcoing: 4 182 vacant homes, that is 9,1 % of the stock, against only 289 second homes (INSEE, 2023 census). The tax on vacant homes applies automatically in the municipalities of the zoning, without a municipal decision, and is calculated on the full cadastral rental value, that is twice the property tax base.

The tax on vacant homes does not apply if the vacancy is involuntary, for example for a home put up for rent or for sale at the market price without finding a taker, if the home requires works exceeding 25 % of its value, or if it has been occupied for more than 90 consecutive days in the year. From the 2027 tax year, it will be merged with the residence tax on vacant homes into a single tax on the vacancy of residential premises.

8. Can the rate freeze last?

The 2026 budget, presented in the July-August municipal magazine, repeats the commitment not to raise municipal rates and provides for 13,7 M€ of debt capital repayment. Total outstanding debt stood at 135,2 M€ at the end of 2023 (municipal accounts, OFGL), down from 141,1 M€ in 2019.

Politically, continuity is complete. Doriane Bécue, mayor since September 2020, was re-elected in the second round with 55,43 % of the votes, ahead of the La France insoumise list led by Émilie Croës (24,94 %). Gérald Darmanin, her predecessor, became first deputy mayor of the new municipal council.

9. What effect on the value of your property in Tourcoing?

The average price of a flat is around 1 918 €/m² (Immover processing, DVF data), with a gap of around 50 % between l'Épidème, at 1 456 €/m², and Blanche Porte, at 2 209 €/m². Over five years, the town centre has risen by around 19 % and Brun Pain by around 13 %, while Le Virolois fell by around 6 %.

For a seller, property tax is an argument to handle with precision. Faced with a buyer comparing Tourcoing with Mouvaux or Lille, the rate gap exists but remains modest for an equal base, a few tens of euros a year. It is more telling to put a figure on the actual notice of the home, line by line, than to let the buyer start from a rate of 50,99 % that impresses without saying anything about the amount.

For a landlord, the calculation is different: on a small home, property tax approaches 0,8 % of the value, a significant share of the gross yield. And a home that remains empty between two lettings for more than a year falls under the tax on vacant homes. The first step remains knowing the real value of the property, at neighbourhood level:

For the breakdown by area, our page on property prices per m² in Tourcoing gives the price of each of the nine neighbourhoods covered.