Avignon
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Avignon spent 29.3 M€ on this. That is €319 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Slightly less than elsewhere. Avignon devotes 19.8% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants usually devote 21.2%.
In euros per inhabitant: €319, against €300 usually (+6 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events6.8 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities4.3 M€
Museums3.5 M€
Libraries and media libraries3.4 M€
Shared services2.9 M€
Other youth activities2.8 M€
Leisure centres2.7 M€
Archive services973 k€
Sports events934 k€
Heritage547 k€
Stadiums315 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums89 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay7.7 M€
Other private bodies6.2 M€
Pension fund contributions2.9 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay2.6 M€
Social security agency contributions2.0 M€
Other allowances1.9 M€
Service contracts1.8 M€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)638 k€
Bonuses and other allowances314 k€
Staff transport238 k€
Property rentals226 k€
To ancillary budgets and municipal undertakings216 k€
Other types of spending2.5 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.