Bruges
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Bruges spent 3.1 M€ on this. That is €150 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Less than elsewhere. Bruges devotes 13.6% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €150, against €258 usually (−42 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events1.1 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities887 k€
Libraries and media libraries578 k€
Other youth activities190 k€
Leisure centres172 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums75 k€
Sports events16 k€
Swimming pools2 k€
Stadiums983 €
Spent on what?
Basic pay860 k€
Other private bodies389 k€
Pension fund contributions314 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay279 k€
Public events and ceremonies273 k€
Social security agency contributions244 k€
Other allowances157 k€
Premises cleaning101 k€
Equipment rentals — other80 k€
Bonuses and other allowances75 k€
Transport of people outside the authority35 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)29 k€
Other types of spending218 k€
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.