Montpellier
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Montpellier spent 54.0 M€ on this. That is €177 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Less than elsewhere. Montpellier devotes 15.1% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over usually devote 22.5%.
In euros per inhabitant: €177, against €305 usually (−42 %).
What for?
Shared services26.4 M€
Culture, community life, youth, sports and leisure11.8 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities5.5 M€
Museums3.7 M€
Theatres and live performance1.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.2 M€
Other youth activities1.2 M€
Arts activities and cultural events997 k€
Leisure centres567 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues494 k€
Sports events421 k€
Stadiums341 k€
Archive services171 k€
Spent on what?
Interest paid at maturity10.8 M€
Basic pay9.1 M€
Other private bodies4.0 M€
Staff seconded by the parent inter-municipal body3.6 M€
Pension fund contributions3.3 M€
Other allowances3.1 M€
Other local public bodies3.0 M€
Social security agency contributions2.2 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay2.1 M€
Other miscellaneous costs2.0 M€
Energy — electricity1.4 M€
Fairs and exhibitions1.3 M€
Other types of spending8.2 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.