Saint-Étienne
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Saint-Étienne spent 49.7 M€ on this. That is €285 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Less than elsewhere. Saint-Étienne devotes 19.2% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over usually devote 22.5%.
In euros per inhabitant: €285, against €305 usually (−7 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events11.1 M€
Libraries and media libraries5.7 M€
Museums5.5 M€
Swimming pools5.3 M€
Theatres and live performance5.0 M€
Shared services4.7 M€
Stadiums3.8 M€
Other3.0 M€
Sports events1.9 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities1.6 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.0 M€
Archive services434 k€
Other areas468 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay14.2 M€
Other private bodies6.7 M€
Pension fund contributions5.4 M€
Other allowances5.3 M€
Social security agency contributions4.5 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay3.5 M€
Service contracts1.3 M€
Contributions to other social bodies823 k€
Operating grants to individuals, associations and other private bodies738 k€
Public buildings723 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)586 k€
Other materials and supplies505 k€
Other types of spending5.6 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.