Not unexpectedly Paris contains more wealthy individuals than any other place in France. The city has nearly 87 000 individuals who are liable for the wealth tax (Impôt de solidarité sur la fortune), with an average individual wealth of €2.1 million.
However, it is the commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine, to the west of the capital city in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, which contains the wealthiest individuals. Here the average wealth is €3.4 million, as a result of which those liable each paid an average of over €23 000 in wealth tax.
Indeed, the department of Hauts-de-Seine contains no less than four communes in the list of the top twenty wealthiest places in France. The others are Boulogne-Billancourt, Rueil-Malmaison and Levallois-Perret.
The table below shows the top 20 places in France for individuals liable for the wealth tax in 2010, their average wealth, and the average amount they each paid in wealth tax.
Town
|
No Liable
|
Average Wealth
|
Average Tax Paid
|
Paris
|
86,949
|
€2.1m
|
€9,018
|
Neuilly-sur-Seine
|
7,571
|
€3.4m
|
€23,581
|
Lyon
|
7,283
|
€1.7m
|
€5,707
|
Marseille
|
6,635
|
€1.7m
|
€5,811
|
Nice
|
5,341
|
€1.6m
|
€4,934
|
Boulogne-Billancourt
|
5,330
|
€1.9m
|
€7,053
|
Toulouse
|
4,609
|
€1.7m
|
€5,365
|
Versailles
|
4,562
|
€1.8m
|
€6,079
|
Nantes
|
3,908
|
€1.7m
|
€5,329
|
Bordeaux
|
3,614
|
€1.7m
|
€5,646
|
Aix-en-Provence
|
3,162
|
€1.7m
|
€5,990
|
Strasbourg
|
2,764
|
€2m
|
€8,211
|
Saint-Maur
|
2,740
|
€1.7m
|
€5,983
|
Rueil-Malmaison
|
2,507
|
€1.7m
|
€4,924
|
Cannes
|
2,424
|
€2m
|
€7,821
|
Rennes
|
2,240
|
€1.7m
|
€5,237
|
Saint-Cloud
|
2,054
|
€2.2m
|
€9,670
|
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
|
1,944
|
€1.8m
|
€6,166
|
Montpellier
|
1,913
|
€1.6m
|
€5,115
|
Levallois-Perret
|
1,780
|
€1.9m
|
€6,502
|