Challans
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Challans spent 4.8 M€ on this. That is €206 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+3.4 pt Challans devotes 24.1% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 75 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €206, against €263 for the median (−22 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events1.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.2 M€
Libraries and media libraries935 k€
Leisure centres368 k€
Other youth activities334 k€
Stadiums319 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues189 k€
Theatres and live performance116 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities52 k€
Heritage50 k€
Sports events12 k€
Swimming pools367 €
Spent on what?
Basic pay1.3 M€
Other private bodies523 k€
Pension fund contributions428 k€
Social security agency contributions304 k€
Energy — electricity281 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay266 k€
Other allowances260 k€
District heating176 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)104 k€
Maintenance101 k€
Cleaning supplies98 k€
Books, records and tapes (libraries and media libraries)72 k€
Other types of spending863 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.