Saintes
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Saintes spent 8.7 M€ on this. That is €325 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Saintes devotes 26.5% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €325, against €258 usually (+26 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events2.4 M€
Museums1.2 M€
Libraries and media libraries1.1 M€
Theatres and live performance824 k€
Shared services741 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities636 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums617 k€
Sports events421 k€
Heritage398 k€
Stadiums396 k€
Leisure centres27 k€
Other youth activities10 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay2.3 M€
Other private bodies1.8 M€
Pension fund contributions862 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay713 k€
Public events and ceremonies604 k€
Social security agency contributions583 k€
Other allowances379 k€
Municipal social action centre190 k€
Energy — electricity165 k€
Public buildings140 k€
Other non-stocked supplies101 k€
Maintenance91 k€
Other types of spending759 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.