Pau
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Pau spent 16.2 M€ on this. That is €207 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Less than elsewhere. Pau devotes 15.6% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants usually devote 21.2%.
In euros per inhabitant: €207, against €300 usually (−31 %).
What for?
Shared services6.3 M€
Swimming pools3.7 M€
Arts activities and cultural events2.1 M€
Theatres and live performance1.1 M€
Museums1.0 M€
Stadiums612 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums578 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues433 k€
Sports events127 k€
Heritage113 k€
Leisure centres62 k€
Other youth activities53 k€
Libraries and media libraries125 €
Spent on what?
Basic pay3.4 M€
Other private bodies2.6 M€
Other compulsory contributions1.5 M€
Pension fund contributions1.2 M€
Other external services — other1.1 M€
Energy — electricity904 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay798 k€
Social security agency contributions736 k€
Other allowances674 k€
Service contracts510 k€
District heating503 k€
Property rentals330 k€
Other types of spending1.9 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.