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Bruges: spending by policy area · 2025

Administration and shared services

The town hall and what serves every department: civil registry, elections, staff, IT, cemeteries.

€7.5M

23% of 2025 spending · €363 per resident

€7.3M in 2024

Breakdown of this item’s spending

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  • Purchases and services33 %€2.5M
    • Property rentals€1.5M
    • Electricity€252k
    • Public buildings€246k
    • Maintenance€209k
    • Premises cleaning€165k
    • Compulsory construction damage insurance€153k
  • Staff (pay and contributions)28 %€2.1M
    • Permanent staff salaries€918k
    • Pension contributions€381k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€364k
    • Contract staff salaries€260k
    • Social security contributions€245k
  • Works and equipment15 %€1.1M
  • Grants and contributions2 %€137k
  • Other spending22 %€1.7M

Compared with towns of the same size

28.8% of the town’s running costs goes to this item. Towns of the same size: 30.5%.

Towns do not all file the same spending here. It also depends on what the inter-municipal body runs.

Source: the town’s 2025 accounts (DGFiP), by public policy. Amounts paid in the year. See the source

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