Marcq-en-Barœul
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Marcq-en-Barœul spent 12.0 M€ on this. That is €299 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Marcq-en-Barœul devotes 25.6% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €299, against €258 usually (+16 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events3.5 M€
Theatres and live performance1.6 M€
Libraries and media libraries1.1 M€
Sports events990 k€
Swimming pools945 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities885 k€
Leisure centres596 k€
Shared services559 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums484 k€
Sports (other than school sport)405 k€
Archive services338 k€
Other youth activities157 k€
Other areas396 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay2.6 M€
Other private bodies1.7 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.3 M€
Pension fund contributions1.0 M€
Other allowances805 k€
Energy — electricity758 k€
Social security agency contributions754 k€
Other miscellaneous operating charges — other558 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)417 k€
Advertising, publications and public relations — miscellaneous299 k€
Premises cleaning278 k€
Water and wastewater128 k€
Other types of spending1.3 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.