Arras
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Arras spent 14.8 M€ on this. That is €342 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+3.6 pt Arras devotes 24.3% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 73 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €342, against €263 for the median (+30 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events5.0 M€
Museums2.3 M€
Shared services2.3 M€
Libraries and media libraries2.0 M€
Leisure centres1.3 M€
Sports events482 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues449 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums428 k€
Stadiums191 k€
Heritage135 k€
Other youth activities128 k€
Theatres and live performance48 k€
Other areas36 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay2.9 M€
Other private bodies2.7 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.4 M€
Pension fund contributions1.1 M€
Social security agency contributions905 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)816 k€
Other allowances767 k€
Freight transport676 k€
Energy — electricity663 k€
Other miscellaneous operating charges — other419 k€
Security and caretaking293 k€
Equipment rentals — other261 k€
Other types of spending2.0 M€
Towns of the same size, around it by share of budget
2024 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.