Arras
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Arras spent 15.1 M€ on this. That is €349 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Arras devotes 23.8% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €349, against €258 usually (+35 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events5.2 M€
Libraries and media libraries2.3 M€
Shared services2.2 M€
Museums1.7 M€
Leisure centres1.7 M€
Cinemas and other performance venues554 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums489 k€
Sports events306 k€
Stadiums269 k€
Heritage180 k€
Other youth activities157 k€
Theatres and live performance25 k€
Other areas32 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay3.0 M€
Other private bodies2.6 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.5 M€
Pension fund contributions1.2 M€
Social security agency contributions974 k€
Energy — electricity885 k€
Other allowances792 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)467 k€
Other miscellaneous operating charges — other394 k€
Service contracts388 k€
Security and caretaking303 k€
Bonuses and other allowances280 k€
Other types of spending2.4 M€
Towns of the same size, around it by share of budget
2025 operating expenditure, as the town voted it by function. Source: DGFiP — balances comptables, présentation croisée nature-fonction. The comparison is first on the share of the operating budget — the reading that does not depend on how wealthy the town is — then on euros per inhabitant, against the median of towns in the same DGFiP population band. Transfers to the inter-municipal body are excluded on both sides.