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Lyon: spending by policy area · 2025

Culture, sport and youth

€234.5M

26% of 2025 spending · €445 per resident

€216M in 2024

Breakdown of this item’s spending

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  • Arts activities and cultural events26 %€60.8M
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€15.1M
    • Joint bodies€14.1M
    • Deficit of administrative ancillary budgets€10.9M
    • Contract staff salaries€5.5M
    • Permanent staff salaries€2.3M
    • Social security contributions€1.7M
    • Pension contributions€1.1M
    • Other local public bodies€1M
    • Other lines€4.1M
    • Works and equipment€5.1M
  • Other youth activities11 %€26.3M
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€17.5M
    • Contract staff salaries€1.2M
    • Permanent staff salaries€767k
    • Social security contributions€523k
    • Pension contributions€340k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€257k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€244k
    • Purchases of services (other than land for development)€217k
    • Other lines€547k
    • Works and equipment€4.6M
  • Libraries and media libraries11 %€25.7M
    • Permanent staff salaries€10.3M
    • Pension contributions€3.9M
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€3M
    • Social security contributions€2.3M
    • Contract staff salaries€1.7M
    • Books, records and tapes (libraries and media libraries)€679k
    • Maintenance€604k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€527k
    • Other lines€2.8M
  • Sports halls and gymnasiums10 %€23.2M
    • Permanent staff salaries€3.7M
    • Pension contributions€1.4M
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€1M
    • Social security contributions€755k
    • Contract staff salaries€465k
    • Other non-stocked supplies€211k
    • Property rentals€197k
    • Maintenance€123k
    • Other lines€920k
    • Works and equipment€14.4M
  • Museums9 %€20.1M
    • Permanent staff salaries€6.1M
    • Pension contributions€2.3M
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€2.1M
    • Contract staff salaries€1.9M
    • Social security contributions€1.7M
    • Freight transport€929k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€630k
    • Advertising, publications and public relations — miscellaneous€410k
    • Other lines€3.9M
  • Swimming pools7 %€16.5M
    • Permanent staff salaries€3M
    • Pension contributions€1.1M
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€1M
    • Contract staff salaries€967k
    • Social security contributions€810k
    • Other contributions€661k
    • Security and caretaking€608k
    • Service contracts€436k
    • Other lines€1.3M
    • Works and equipment€6.6M
  • Shared services4 %€10.2M
    • Permanent staff salaries€2.8M
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€1.8M
    • Pension contributions€1.1M
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€970k
    • Social security contributions€696k
    • Contract staff salaries€640k
    • Other external services — other€596k
    • Businesses€460k
    • Other lines€1.2M
  • Theatres and live performance4 %€9M
    • Deficit of administrative ancillary budgets€5.8M
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€2M
    • Permanent staff salaries€456k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€197k
    • Pension contributions€160k
    • Social security contributions€103k
    • Contract staff salaries€90k
    • Property rentals€74k
    • Other lines€137k
  • Other10 %€23.9M
The 5 other items (7%)
  • Stadiums2 %€4.9M
  • Heritage1 %€3.2M
    • Contract staff salaries€660k
    • Permanent staff salaries€613k
    • Social security contributions€375k
    • Contract staff bonuses and allowances€266k
    • Pension contributions€264k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€205k
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€168k
    • Discretionary write-offs€147k
    • Other lines€481k
  • Leisure centres1 %€3.1M
    • Grants to associations and private bodies€3M
    • Staff from outside the service€34k
  • Sports (other than school sport)1 %€3.1M
  • Archive services1 %€2M
    • Permanent staff salaries€847k
    • Pension contributions€314k
    • Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€260k
    • Social security contributions€174k
    • Contract staff salaries€104k
    • Premises cleaning€58k
    • Other non-stocked supplies€36k
    • Catalogues, printed matter and publications€29k
    • Other lines€170k

Largest works since 2023

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Who won this item’s contracts since 2023

Compared with towns of the same size

25.5% of the town’s running costs goes to this item. Towns of the same size: 22.5%.

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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