In Gironde, faced with the increase in property taxes: “I considered moving out of anger” – ADACL

Weakened by inflation and the fall in state grants, the municipality of Parempuyre increased local tax by 25%, provoking the ire of owners, summoned to compensate for the growing difficulties of local authorities.

“I prefer not to talk about it, it will irritate me too much.” Barely time to say hello when a man, randomly stopped in front of the Intermarché in Parempuyre (Gironde), runs at full speed with his trolley to the other end of the parking lot. The 10,200 inhabitants of this small Gironde commune, 15 kilometers north of Bordeaux, are having difficulty digesting the 25% explosion in property tax for the year 2024 (1). In front of the pharmacy, the florist or the gas station, they are, at best, jaded, at worst, very angry with the municipality. A feeling of injustice is all the stronger since Parempuyre is in the top 15 with the highest increases in France.

With a shopping bag on her shoulder, Laurence, a sixty-year-old who works in the social sector, remembers crumpling up the tax sheet when she discovered it in her mailbox. For a house of around 100 square meters, she will have to pay 1,600 euros. This is 300 euros more than in 2023.