Descartes
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Descartes spent 1.2 M€ on this. That is €368 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Descartes devotes 21.2% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 2,000 to 3,500 inhabitants usually devote 9.3%.
In euros per inhabitant: €368, against €89 usually (+312 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events414 k€
Heritage390 k€
Museums151 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums99 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues78 k€
Swimming pools55 k€
Stadiums17 k€
Libraries and media libraries16 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities12 k€
Sports training centres43 €
Spent on what?
Public buildings248 k€
Basic pay242 k€
Other fees and consultancy158 k€
Pension fund contributions89 k€
Municipal social action centre88 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay85 k€
District heating72 k€
Social security agency contributions65 k€
Energy — electricity49 k€
Other allowances36 k€
Service contracts17 k€
Cleaning supplies12 k€
Other types of spending71 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.