Culture, sport and youth

€13.2M

29% of 2025 spending · €494 per resident

€12.9M in 2024

Breakdown of this item’s spending

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Sports halls and gymnasiums29 %€3.8M
- Permanent staff salaries€245k
- Pension contributions€85k
- Contract staff salaries€63k
- Social security contributions€59k
- Public buildings€40k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€32k
- Other non-stocked supplies€14k
- Maintenance€11k
- Other lines€68k
- Works and equipment€3.2M
Arts activities and cultural events18 %€2.4M
- Public events and ceremonies€547k
- Permanent staff salaries€536k
- Grants to associations and private bodies€501k
- Contract staff salaries€194k
- Pension contributions€194k
- Social security contributions€145k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€97k
- Maintenance€30k
- Other lines€158k
Museums10 %€1.3M
- Permanent staff salaries€470k
- Pension contributions€180k
- Contract staff salaries€142k
- Social security contributions€120k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€78k
- Electricity€25k
- Change in stocks of other supplies€17k
- Other miscellaneous social charges€15k
- Other lines€111k
- Works and equipment€172k
Libraries and media libraries8 %€1.1M
- Permanent staff salaries€490k
- Pension contributions€177k
- Social security contributions€94k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€72k
- Books, records and tapes (libraries and media libraries)€70k
- Contract staff salaries€69k
- Public events and ceremonies€33k
- Electricity€20k
- Other lines€94k
Other sports and leisure facilities8 %€1.1M
- Commercial annex budgets and agencies without legal personality€190k
- Permanent staff salaries€128k
- Contract staff salaries€122k
- Social security contributions€56k
- Pension contributions€52k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€25k
- Property rentals€22k
- Other subsidised jobs€9k
- Other lines€32k
- Works and equipment€478k
Theatres and live performance6 %€824k
- Grants to associations and private bodies€815k
- Public buildings€7k
- Multi-risk insurance€2k
- Other non-stocked supplies€67
- Miscellaneous operating charges€52
Shared services6 %€741k
- Permanent staff salaries€242k
- Grants to associations and private bodies€94k
- Pension contributions€90k
- Contract staff salaries€67k
- Electricity€61k
- Social security contributions€57k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€37k
- Multi-risk insurance€17k
- Other lines€75k
Heritage4 %€590k
- Electricity€59k
- Permanent staff salaries€58k
- Public buildings€52k
- Contract staff salaries€49k
- Change in stocks of other supplies€33k
- Social security contributions€23k
- Pension contributions€23k
- Other consumable supplies€15k
- Other lines€85k
- Works and equipment€192k
Stadiums4 %€569k
- Permanent staff salaries€165k
- Pension contributions€61k
- Other non-stocked supplies€36k
- Social security contributions€29k
- Permanent staff bonuses and allowances€25k
- Land€20k
- Small equipment supplies€9k
- Other taxes and similar payments (other bodies)€7k
- Other lines€44k
- Works and equipment€173k
Sports events3 %€421k
- Grants to associations and private bodies€416k
- Public events and ceremonies€5k

The 3 other items (2%)

Leisure centres< 1 %€27k
- Other external services — other€20k
- Public buildings€4k
- Other non-stocked supplies€2k
- Maintenance€1k
- Small equipment supplies€691
Other youth activities< 1 %€10k
- Other non-stocked supplies€8k
- Other movable property€2k
Other2 %€276k

Largest works since 2023

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Who won this item’s contracts since 2023

Compared with towns of the same size

26.6% of the town’s running costs goes to this item. Towns of the same size: 20.3%.

Source: the town’s 2025 accounts (DGFiP), by public policy. Amounts paid in the year. Works and companies: published contracts, amounts at signature. See the source

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Culture, sport and youth

Breakdown of this item’s spending

Largest works since 2023

Who won this item’s contracts since 2023

Compared with towns of the same size

Other policy areas of Saintes, 2025