Bruges
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Bruges spent 2.9 M€ on this. That is €141 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−7.6 pt Bruges devotes 13.1% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 303 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €141, against €263 for the median (−46 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events1.1 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities898 k€
Libraries and media libraries540 k€
Other youth activities188 k€
Leisure centres165 k€
Sports events24 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1 k€
Stadiums133 €
Spent on what?
Basic pay851 k€
Other private bodies388 k€
Pension fund contributions285 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay236 k€
Social security agency contributions221 k€
Public events and ceremonies208 k€
Other allowances174 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)129 k€
Premises cleaning92 k€
Bonuses and other allowances62 k€
Transport of people outside the authority29 k€
Contributions to the local government training and management bodies25 k€
Other types of spending185 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.