Lens
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Lens spent 8.6 M€ on this. That is €262 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Less than elsewhere. Lens devotes 17.6% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €262, against €258 usually (+1 %).
What for?
Theatres and live performance1.6 M€
Stadiums1.3 M€
Arts activities and cultural events1.3 M€
Swimming pools1.1 M€
Libraries and media libraries1.0 M€
Leisure centres820 k€
Shared services620 k€
Other youth activities323 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums294 k€
Holiday camps129 k€
Heritage61 k€
Sports events48 k€
Other areas49 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay1.6 M€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)1.1 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay628 k€
Energy — electricity615 k€
Pension fund contributions594 k€
Service contracts553 k€
Other private bodies454 k€
Social security agency contributions438 k€
Maintenance437 k€
Other allowances344 k€
District heating262 k€
Premises cleaning163 k€
Other types of spending1.4 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.