Grenoble
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Grenoble spent 60.2 M€ on this. That is €377 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Slightly less than elsewhere. Grenoble devotes 21.5% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over usually devote 22.5%.
In euros per inhabitant: €377, against €305 usually (+23 %).
What for?
Shared services17.5 M€
Arts activities and cultural events11.9 M€
Libraries and media libraries9.0 M€
Museums7.2 M€
Other youth activities6.5 M€
Cinemas and other performance venues3.2 M€
Theatres and live performance1.7 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities806 k€
Swimming pools730 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums631 k€
Stadiums453 k€
Sports events284 k€
Other areas273 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay14.8 M€
Other private bodies10.5 M€
Pension fund contributions5.4 M€
Social security agency contributions3.5 M€
Other allowances3.5 M€
Municipal social action centre3.2 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay2.8 M€
Energy — electricity1.9 M€
Security and caretaking1.9 M€
District heating1.3 M€
Businesses1.0 M€
Public buildings848 k€
Other types of spending9.5 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.