Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Sablé-sur-Sarthe spent 3.4 M€ on this. That is €270 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Sablé-sur-Sarthe devotes 21.3% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants usually devote 19.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €270, against €221 usually (+22 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events1.4 M€
Shared services471 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums470 k€
Stadiums302 k€
Leisure centres155 k€
Arts activities and cultural events150 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities132 k€
Other youth activities103 k€
Museums93 k€
Sports training centres72 k€
Heritage28 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues11 k€
Other areas12 k€
Spent on what?
Other private bodies1.2 M€
Basic pay324 k€
Energy — electricity284 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay281 k€
Social security agency contributions139 k€
Property rentals131 k€
Pension fund contributions128 k€
Maintenance121 k€
Other movable property69 k€
Other allowances59 k€
To the parent inter-municipal body55 k€
Other non-stocked supplies52 k€
Other types of spending536 k€
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.