Bourges
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Bourges spent 27.9 M€ on this. That is €425 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+14.7 pt Bourges devotes 36.1% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants is 21.4%.
Ranked 1 of 81 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €425, against €302 for the median (+41 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events7.4 M€
Leisure centres5.1 M€
Libraries and media libraries3.4 M€
Shared services3.0 M€
Swimming pools2.6 M€
Museums2.3 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.5 M€
Other youth activities1.1 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities698 k€
Stadiums443 k€
Theatres and live performance107 k€
Heritage84 k€
Other areas83 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay7.9 M€
Other private bodies3.6 M€
Pension fund contributions2.8 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay2.3 M€
Social security agency contributions1.8 M€
Other allowances1.7 M€
Other local public bodies1.2 M€
Water and wastewater769 k€
Energy — electricity723 k€
District heating583 k€
Bonuses and other allowances490 k€
Heating fuel457 k€
Other types of spending3.7 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.