Carcassonne
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Carcassonne spent 13.6 M€ on this. That is €287 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Slightly more than elsewhere. Carcassonne devotes 21.1% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €287, against €258 usually (+11 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events3.9 M€
Shared services2.8 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities1.7 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.5 M€
Museums1.3 M€
Theatres and live performance1.1 M€
Swimming pools601 k€
Other youth activities221 k€
Sports events215 k€
Stadiums142 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues70 k€
Heritage67 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay2.6 M€
Deficit of administrative ancillary budgets2.3 M€
Other private bodies1.3 M€
Pension fund contributions975 k€
Other external services — other939 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay772 k€
Other allowances649 k€
Social security agency contributions630 k€
Property rentals568 k€
Energy — electricity421 k€
Service contracts221 k€
District heating204 k€
Other types of spending2.0 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.