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Lens: spending by policy area · 2025

Administration and shared services

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

€24.6M

38% of 2025 spending · €748 per resident

€22.9M in 2024

Breakdown of this item’s spending

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  • Staff (pay and contributions)70 %€17.2M
    • Permanent staff salaries€8.1M
    • Pension contributions€3M
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€2.7M
    • Contract staff salaries€1.9M
    • Social security contributions€1.9M
  • Purchases and services11 %€2.8M
    • Public events and ceremonies€853k
    • Multi-risk insurance€659k
    • Small equipment supplies€321k
    • Maintenance€320k
    • Other fees and consultancy€318k
    • Premises cleaning€308k
  • Works and equipment6 %€1.5M
  • Grants and contributions1 %€336k
  • Other spending12 %€2.8M

Compared with towns of the same size

48.4% of the town’s running costs goes to this item. Towns of the same size: 30.5%.

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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