Nantes
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Nantes spent 101.5 M€ on this. That is €309 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Same as elsewhere. Nantes devotes 22.2% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over usually devote 22.5%.
In euros per inhabitant: €309, against €305 usually (+1 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events33.1 M€
Shared services24.0 M€
Other youth activities16.6 M€
Leisure centres16.1 M€
Swimming pools4.4 M€
Libraries and media libraries1.9 M€
Heritage1.9 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.6 M€
Theatres and live performance1.2 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities286 k€
Archive services152 k€
Sports events116 k€
Spent on what?
Other private bodies43.5 M€
Basic pay15.9 M€
Pension fund contributions6.0 M€
Social security agency contributions4.5 M€
Other allowances4.4 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay4.4 M€
Businesses3.8 M€
Staff seconded by the parent inter-municipal body3.5 M€
Premises cleaning2.7 M€
Bonuses and other allowances1.4 M€
Other compulsory contributions1.2 M€
Security and caretaking1.1 M€
Other types of spending9.0 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.