Douai
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Douai spent 17.2 M€ on this. That is €425 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Douai devotes 28.4% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €425, against €258 usually (+65 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events5.7 M€
Swimming pools2.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.5 M€
Sports (other than school sport)1.1 M€
Libraries and media libraries1.1 M€
Museums1.0 M€
Leisure centres879 k€
Theatres and live performance747 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues742 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities643 k€
Other youth activities630 k€
Shared services366 k€
Other areas635 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay4.2 M€
Other private bodies3.0 M€
Pension fund contributions1.5 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.2 M€
Social security agency contributions1.1 M€
Other allowances841 k€
Public events and ceremonies672 k€
Energy — electricity624 k€
District heating497 k€
Bonuses and other allowances421 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)409 k€
Service contracts233 k€
Other types of spending2.5 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.