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Lens: spending by policy area · 2025

Culture, sport and youth

€10.2M

16% of 2025 spending · €310 per resident

€8.6M in 2024

Breakdown of this item’s spending

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  • Stadiums16 %€1.7M
    • Permanent staff salaries€458k
    • Electricity€185k
    • Pension contributions€165k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€127k
    • Social security contributions€86k
    • Other miscellaneous operating charges — other€81k
    • Water and wastewater€57k
    • Contract staff salaries€47k
    • Other lines€115k
    • Works and equipment€333k
  • Theatres and live performance15 %€1.6M
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€675k
    • Permanent staff salaries€229k
    • Electricity€91k
    • Pension contributions€84k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€78k
    • Royalties for concessions, patents, licences and similar rights — other€73k
    • Advertising, publications and public relations — miscellaneous€55k
    • Social security contributions€45k
    • Other lines€244k
  • Arts activities and cultural events12 %€1.3M
    • Permanent staff salaries€496k
    • Contract staff salaries€176k
    • Pension contributions€173k
    • Social security contributions€125k
    • Public events and ceremonies€81k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€38k
    • Premises cleaning€37k
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€30k
    • Other lines€118k
  • Swimming pools10 %€1.1M
    • Service contracts€464k
    • Maintenance€342k
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€142k
    • Equipment rentals — other€54k
    • Public buildings€25k
    • Premises cleaning€13k
    • District heating€10k
    • Studies and research€8k
  • Other youth activities10 %€1M
    • Service contracts€60k
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€51k
    • Contract staff salaries€48k
    • Maintenance€43k
    • Public events and ceremonies€25k
    • Transport of people outside the authority€24k
    • Social security contributions€16k
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€10k
    • Other lines€47k
    • Works and equipment€702k
  • Libraries and media libraries10 %€1M
    • Permanent staff salaries€435k
    • Pension contributions€155k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€101k
    • Social security contributions€65k
    • Books, records and tapes (libraries and media libraries)€65k
    • Premises cleaning€62k
    • District heating€39k
    • Electricity€18k
    • Other lines€73k
  • Leisure centres8 %€820k
    • Contract staff salaries€320k
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€229k
    • Social security contributions€101k
    • Transport of people outside the authority€86k
    • Other external staff€16k
    • Pension contributions€14k
    • Small equipment supplies€13k
    • Unemployment insurance contributions€13k
    • Other lines€27k
  • Shared services8 %€801k
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€273k
    • Electricity€172k
    • District heating€54k
    • Premises cleaning€42k
    • Public buildings€16k
    • Heating fuel€15k
    • Water and wastewater€10k
    • Maintenance€10k
    • Other lines€28k
    • Works and equipment€181k
  • Sports halls and gymnasiums4 %€399k
    • District heating€97k
    • Electricity€81k
    • Public buildings€37k
    • Studies and research€29k
    • Water and wastewater€15k
    • Service contracts€11k
    • Maintenance€8k
    • Small equipment supplies€6k
    • Other lines€11k
    • Works and equipment€105k
  • Holiday camps1 %€129k
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€126k
    • Transport of people outside the authority€2k
    • Medical and paramedical fees€456
    • Other taxes and similar payments (other bodies)€21
The 4 other items (5%)
  • Other sports and leisure facilities1 %€96k
  • Heritage1 %€61k
    • Electricity€49k
    • District heating€5k
    • Maintenance€2k
    • Small equipment supplies€1k
    • Equipment rentals — other€919
    • Public buildings€693
    • Premises cleaning€659
    • Other movable property€524
    • Water and wastewater€300
  • Sports events< 1 %€48k
    • Public events and ceremonies€39k
    • Prizes€6k
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€2k
    • Other materials and supplies€798
    • Premises cleaning€642
    • Royalties for concessions, patents, licences and similar rights — other€418
    • Equipment rentals — other€66
  • Other3 %€257k

Who won this item’s contracts since 2023

Compared with towns of the same size

17.6% of the town’s running costs goes to this item. Towns of the same size: 20.3%.

Source: the town’s 2025 accounts (DGFiP), by public policy. Amounts paid in the year. Works and companies: published contracts, amounts at signature. See the source

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