Boulogne-sur-Mer
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Boulogne-sur-Mer spent 15.8 M€ on this. That is €382 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Boulogne-sur-Mer devotes 25.1% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €382, against €258 usually (+48 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events2.1 M€
Libraries and media libraries2.1 M€
Sports (other than school sport)2.0 M€
Museums1.8 M€
Other youth activities1.2 M€
Shared services1.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.0 M€
Stadiums933 k€
Swimming pools803 k€
Heritage778 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues600 k€
Archive services460 k€
Other areas770 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay4.8 M€
Other private bodies2.5 M€
Pension fund contributions1.8 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.4 M€
Other allowances1.3 M€
Social security agency contributions911 k€
Public events and ceremonies709 k€
Payment of the family supplement to the national fund341 k€
Staff paid by the session208 k€
Other external services — other185 k€
Contributions to other social bodies134 k€
Other miscellaneous operating charges — other130 k€
Other types of spending1.3 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.