Soissons
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Soissons spent 7.4 M€ on this. That is €253 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
Slightly less than elsewhere. Soissons devotes 19.1% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants usually devote 20.1%.
In euros per inhabitant: €253, against €258 usually (−2 %).
What for?
Other youth activities2.0 M€
Libraries and media libraries836 k€
Shared services772 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues592 k€
Museums577 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums572 k€
Heritage512 k€
Theatres and live performance468 k€
Arts activities and cultural events260 k€
Stadiums259 k€
Leisure centres239 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities160 k€
Other areas179 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay1.7 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay778 k€
Pension fund contributions650 k€
Other private bodies562 k€
Social security agency contributions549 k€
Other allowances392 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)344 k€
Energy — electricity341 k€
District heating204 k€
Other external services — other197 k€
Maintenance197 k€
Bonuses and other allowances171 k€
Other types of spending1.4 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.