Charleville-Mézières
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Charleville-Mézières spent 12.3 M€ on this. That is €259 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Same as elsewhere. Charleville-Mézières devotes 19.9% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €259, against €258 usually (+0 %).
What for?
Leisure centres2.7 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums2.2 M€
Shared services1.5 M€
Museums1.4 M€
Theatres and live performance1.2 M€
Arts activities and cultural events1.1 M€
Other youth activities860 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities675 k€
Archive services270 k€
Stadiums185 k€
Sports (other than school sport)62 k€
Sports events43 k€
Other areas44 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay2.8 M€
Other private bodies1.8 M€
Pension fund contributions1.1 M€
Social security agency contributions930 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay856 k€
Other allowances807 k€
Service contracts592 k€
District heating532 k€
Bonuses and other allowances442 k€
Energy — electricity286 k€
Premises cleaning252 k€
Public buildings219 k€
Other types of spending1.7 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.