Bordeaux: spending by policy area · 2025

Culture, sport and youth

€159.5M

30% of 2025 spending · €593 per resident

€154.5M in 2024

Breakdown of this item’s spending

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Museums16 %€25.2M
- Permanent staff salaries€4.3M
- Contract staff salaries€2.5M
- Pension contributions€1.7M
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€1.6M
- Social security contributions€1.4M
- Intermediary fees and professional fees — miscellaneous€1.4M
- Other materials and supplies€452k
- Freight transport€255k
- Other lines€1.7M
- Works and equipment€9.8M
Arts activities and cultural events11 %€17.6M
- Permanent staff salaries€4.5M
- Grants to associations and private bodies€3.7M
- Businesses€2.2M
- Pension contributions€1.7M
- Contract staff salaries€1.2M
- Social security contributions€1.1M
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€1.1M
- Security and caretaking€641k
- Other lines€1.6M
Swimming pools11 %€17.1M
- Permanent staff salaries€2.1M
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€865k
- Contract staff salaries€849k
- Pension contributions€777k
- Social security contributions€581k
- Apprentice pay€62k
- Transport levy€57k
- New indexed bonus€50k
- Other lines€379k
- Works and equipment€11.4M
Theatres and live performance11 %€16.9M
- Other local public bodies€16.6M
- Intermediary fees and professional fees — miscellaneous€151k
- Hospitality€19k
- Advertising, publications and public relations€11k
- Small equipment supplies€10k
- Equipment rentals — other€10k
- Royalties for concessions, patents, licences and similar rights — other€10k
- Security and caretaking€6k
- Other lines€17k
Libraries and media libraries8 %€13.2M
- Permanent staff salaries€5.8M
- Pension contributions€2.1M
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€2M
- Social security contributions€1.1M
- Contract staff salaries€522k
- Premises cleaning€313k
- Property rentals€194k
- Other materials and supplies€174k
- Other lines€1.1M
Sports halls and gymnasiums8 %€12.7M
- Permanent staff salaries€2.4M
- Pension contributions€880k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€759k
- Social security contributions€437k
- Contract staff salaries€214k
- Public buildings€70k
- Other materials and supplies€60k
- Transport levy€52k
- Other lines€360k
- Works and equipment€7.4M
Leisure centres8 %€12.3M
- Grants to associations and private bodies€12.3M
- Small equipment supplies€2k
Shared services7 %€11.5M
- Permanent staff salaries€3.5M
- Grants to associations and private bodies€1.9M
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€1.4M
- Pension contributions€1.4M
- Contract staff salaries€1.2M
- Social security contributions€928k
- Businesses€730k
- Transport levy€97k
- Other lines€367k
Other sports and leisure facilities5 %€8.5M
- Operating grants to individuals, associations and other private bodies€1.6M
- Land€435k
- Intermediary fees and professional fees — miscellaneous€210k
- Transport of people outside the authority€73k
- Premises cleaning€58k
- Small equipment supplies€24k
- Catalogues, printed matter and publications€22k
- Hospitality€18k
- Other lines€33k
- Works and equipment€6M
Other youth activities5 %€8.3M
- Grants to associations and private bodies€2.5M
- Permanent staff salaries€358k
- Pension contributions€134k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€125k
- Social security contributions€62k
- Contract staff salaries€25k
- Intermediary fees and professional fees — miscellaneous€14k
- Transport levy€8k
- Other lines€26k
- Works and equipment€5M
Other8 %€12.3M

The 2 other items (2%)

Sports events2 %€2.8M
- Grants to associations and private bodies€1.4M
- Other miscellaneous costs€611k
- Service contracts€606k
- Security and caretaking€92k
- Miscellaneous contributions (memberships)€8k
- Equipment rentals — other€7k
- Electricity€6k
- Catalogues, printed matter and publications€1k
- Other lines€2k
Stadiums< 1 %€602k
- Other materials and supplies€166k
- Land€142k
- Maintenance€107k
- Small equipment supplies€58k
- Security and caretaking€37k
- Fuel€29k
- Studies and research€15k
- Vehicles and rolling stock€10k
- Other lines€36k

Largest works since 2023

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Who won this item’s contracts since 2023

Compared with towns of the same size

29.6% of the town’s running costs goes to this item. Towns of the same size: 22.5%.

Source: the town’s 2025 accounts (DGFiP), by public policy. Amounts paid in the year. Works and companies: published contracts, amounts at signature. See the source

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Culture, sport and youth

Breakdown of this item’s spending

Largest works since 2023

Who won this item’s contracts since 2023

Compared with towns of the same size

Other policy areas of Bordeaux, 2025