Béthune
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Béthune spent 2.7 M€ on this. That is €106 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−13.9 pt Béthune devotes 6.9% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 335 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €106, against €263 for the median (−60 %).
What for?
Theatres and live performance618 k€
Sports events586 k€
Leisure centres438 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums264 k€
Stadiums216 k€
Libraries and media libraries168 k€
Arts activities and cultural events100 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities89 k€
Heritage75 k€
Holiday camps53 k€
Museums51 k€
Other youth activities20 k€
Archive services2 k€
Spent on what?
Other private bodies665 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)357 k€
Energy — electricity294 k€
District heating214 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay194 k€
Service contracts132 k€
Water and wastewater95 k€
Maintenance92 k€
Transport of people outside the authority74 k€
Equipment rentals — other65 k€
Books, records and tapes (libraries and media libraries)56 k€
Public buildings49 k€
Other types of spending394 k€
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.