Valence
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2025, Valence spent 18.8 M€ on this. That is €285 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
More than elsewhere. Valence devotes 26.2% of its operating budget to this. Towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants usually devote 21.2%.
In euros per inhabitant: €285, against €300 usually (−5 %).
What for?
Other youth activities6.7 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums3.1 M€
Shared services2.9 M€
Museums2.8 M€
Sports events1.7 M€
Arts activities and cultural events551 k€
Theatres and live performance498 k€
Stadiums216 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities148 k€
Heritage50 k€
Leisure centres46 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues15 k€
Other areas13 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay4.6 M€
Other private bodies2.4 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.7 M€
Pension fund contributions1.6 M€
Social security agency contributions1.3 M€
Energy — electricity1.1 M€
Other allowances840 k€
Intermediary fees and professional fees — miscellaneous819 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)413 k€
Public buildings385 k€
Equipment rentals — other327 k€
Maintenance325 k€
Other types of spending3.0 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.