Houplines
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Houplines spent 374 k€ on this. That is €47 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Less than elsewhere. Houplines devotes 6.3% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants usually devote 14.9%.
In euros per inhabitant: €47, against €155 usually (−70 %).
What for?
Leisure centres133 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums66 k€
Libraries and media libraries56 k€
Stadiums54 k€
Arts activities and cultural events45 k€
Other youth activities18 k€
Heritage2 k€
Spent on what?
Non-permanent staff — pay85 k€
Energy — electricity50 k€
District heating43 k€
Basic pay39 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)38 k€
Public events and ceremonies20 k€
Maintenance18 k€
Social security agency contributions14 k€
Catalogues, printed matter and publications11 k€
Pension fund contributions10 k€
Staff transport9 k€
Water and wastewater8 k€
Other types of spending29 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.