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Coutances: spending by policy area · 2025

Administration and shared services

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

€2.6M

18% of 2025 spending · €268 per resident

€2.6M in 2024

Breakdown of this item’s spending

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  • General administration of the authority66 %€1.7M
    • Permanent staff salaries€295k
    • Contract staff salaries€172k
    • Pension contributions€114k
    • Social security contributions€109k
    • Electricity€90k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€57k
    • Postage€46k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€43k
    • Other lines€315k
    • Works and equipment€468k
  • Other general resources18 %€452k
    • Public events and ceremonies€77k
    • Permanent staff salaries€76k
    • Catalogues, printed matter and publications€35k
    • Hospitality€33k
    • Pension contributions€28k
    • Other external staff€20k
    • Apprentice pay€19k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€16k
    • Other lines€97k
    • Works and equipment€51k
  • General administration of the State9 %€238k
    • Permanent staff salaries€110k
    • Pension contributions€40k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€23k
    • Social security contributions€23k
    • Contract staff salaries€16k
    • Maintenance€7k
    • Cloud computing usage rights€3k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€3k
    • Other lines€10k
  • Elected assembly7 %€173k
    • Councillors' allowances€138k
    • Social security contributions — employer's share€18k
    • Councillors' pension contributions€9k
    • Other miscellaneous costs€4k
    • Miscellaneous contributions (memberships)€2k
    • Travel and subsistence€2k
    • Intermediary fees and professional fees — miscellaneous€925
    • Hospitality€212
    • Other lines€99
  • Cemeteries and funeral services< 1 %€6k
    • Small equipment supplies€2k
    • Heating fuel€816
    • Vehicles and rolling stock€441
    • Telecommunications€308
    • Other external services — other€227
    • Maintenance€197
    • Water and wastewater€195
    • Vehicles and rolling stock€119
    • Other lines€279
    • Works and equipment€2k

Compared with towns of the same size

21.7% of the town’s running costs goes to this item. Towns of the same size: 36.9%.

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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