Lyon
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Lyon spent 178.7 M€ on this. That is €338 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Lyon devotes 25.5% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over usually devote 22.5%.
In euros per inhabitant: €338, against €305 usually (+11 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events55.7 M€
Libraries and media libraries25.7 M€
Other youth activities21.6 M€
Museums20.1 M€
Shared services10.2 M€
Swimming pools9.9 M€
Theatres and live performance9.0 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums8.8 M€
Heritage3.2 M€
Leisure centres3.1 M€
Sports (other than school sport)3.1 M€
Archive services2.0 M€
Other areas6.4 M€
Spent on what?
Other private bodies44.6 M€
Basic pay32.0 M€
Deficit of administrative ancillary budgets16.6 M€
Joint bodies14.1 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay13.4 M€
Pension fund contributions12.3 M€
Other allowances10.2 M€
Social security agency contributions9.4 M€
Bonuses and other allowances3.1 M€
Security and caretaking2.5 M€
Maintenance1.3 M€
Property rentals1.2 M€
Other types of spending17.9 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.