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Bruges: spending by policy area · 2025

Culture, sport and youth

€7.7M

24% of 2025 spending · €375 per resident

€5.8M in 2024

Breakdown of this item’s spending

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  • Stadiums30 %€2.3M
    • Clothing and workwear€983
    • Works and equipment€2.3M
  • Other sports and leisure facilities18 %€1.4M
    • Permanent staff salaries€267k
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€225k
    • Pension contributions€101k
    • Contract staff salaries€89k
    • Social security contributions€72k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€54k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€19k
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€15k
    • Other lines€47k
    • Works and equipment€523k
  • Arts activities and cultural events15 %€1.1M
    • Permanent staff salaries€340k
    • Public events and ceremonies€247k
    • Contract staff salaries€139k
    • Pension contributions€117k
    • Social security contributions€116k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€48k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€46k
    • Royalties for concessions, patents, licences and similar rights — other€19k
    • Other lines€59k
  • Sports halls and gymnasiums14 %€1.1M
    • Equipment rentals — other€74k
    • Maintenance€975
    • Works and equipment€989k
  • Libraries and media libraries7 %€578k
    • Permanent staff salaries€253k
    • Pension contributions€96k
    • Social security contributions€56k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€55k
    • Contract staff salaries€51k
    • Other miscellaneous costs€13k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€10k
    • New indexed bonus€8k
    • Other lines€36k
  • Swimming pools5 %€410k
    • Other miscellaneous costs€2k
    • Works and equipment€408k
  • Other youth activities2 %€190k
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€164k
    • Other municipalities€7k
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€6k
    • Public events and ceremonies€4k
    • Other external services — other€4k
    • Food€3k
    • Small equipment supplies€1k
    • Transport of people outside the authority€758
    • Other lines€812
The 4 other items (8%)
  • Leisure centres2 %€172k
    • Premises cleaning€101k
    • Transport of people outside the authority€34k
    • Other materials and supplies€20k
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€9k
    • Small equipment supplies€2k
    • Food€2k
    • Other miscellaneous costs€2k
    • Maintenance€2k
    • Other lines€1k
  • Heritage2 %€170k
  • Sports events< 1 %€16k
  • Other3 %€262k

Largest works since 2023

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Who won this item’s contracts since 2023

Compared with towns of the same size

13.6% of the town’s running costs goes to this item. Towns of the same size: 20.3%.

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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