Bourges
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Bourges spent 28.9 M€ on this. That is €439 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Bourges devotes 35.8% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants usually devote 21.2%.
In euros per inhabitant: €439, against €300 usually (+46 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events8.1 M€
Leisure centres5.1 M€
Libraries and media libraries3.6 M€
Museums2.3 M€
Swimming pools2.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.8 M€
Shared services1.1 M€
Other youth activities1.1 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities903 k€
Sports (other than school sport)801 k€
Stadiums688 k€
Sports (other than school sport)505 k€
Other areas599 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay7.8 M€
Other private bodies3.7 M€
Pension fund contributions3.0 M€
Energy — electricity2.1 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay2.0 M€
Social security agency contributions2.0 M€
Other allowances1.7 M€
Other local public bodies1.2 M€
Bonuses and other allowances633 k€
District heating498 k€
Other materials and supplies313 k€
Service contracts308 k€
Other types of spending3.7 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.