Metz
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Metz spent 35.9 M€ on this. That is €293 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Slightly less than elsewhere. Metz devotes 22% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over usually devote 22.5%.
In euros per inhabitant: €293, against €305 usually (−4 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events7.1 M€
Libraries and media libraries5.4 M€
Cinemas and other performance venues4.8 M€
Swimming pools4.0 M€
Other youth activities3.9 M€
Sports (other than school sport)2.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums2.1 M€
Shared services1.4 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities1.2 M€
Heritage943 k€
Sports events871 k€
Sports (other than school sport)781 k€
Other areas1.3 M€
Spent on what?
Other private bodies6.5 M€
Basic pay5.4 M€
Other local public bodies5.4 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay2.3 M€
Pension fund contributions2.1 M€
Other joint bodies2.0 M€
Other allowances1.7 M€
Social security agency contributions1.7 M€
Other external services — other1.6 M€
Service contracts1.5 M€
Public events and ceremonies786 k€
Bonuses and other allowances506 k€
Other types of spending4.6 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.