Avignon
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Avignon spent 24.7 M€ on this. That is €268 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−4 pt Avignon devotes 17.4% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants is 21.4%.
Ranked 64 of 81 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €268, against €302 for the median (−11 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events4.3 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities4.2 M€
Libraries and media libraries3.3 M€
Museums3.0 M€
Other youth activities2.5 M€
Leisure centres2.4 M€
Shared services2.3 M€
Sports events1.1 M€
Archive services815 k€
Heritage413 k€
Stadiums222 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums76 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay7.7 M€
Other private bodies6.0 M€
Pension fund contributions2.6 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.9 M€
Other allowances1.8 M€
Social security agency contributions1.7 M€
Service contracts256 k€
Staff transport242 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)212 k€
Bonuses and other allowances211 k€
Transport levy192 k€
Property rentals168 k€
Other types of spending1.7 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.