Descartes
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Descartes spent 1.0 M€ on this. That is €308 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+5.7 pt Descartes devotes 16.3% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 2,000 to 3,500 inhabitants is 10.6%.
Ranked 23 of 100 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €308, against €93 for the median (+232 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events407 k€
Heritage165 k€
Museums146 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums102 k€
Swimming pools94 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues56 k€
Stadiums34 k€
Libraries and media libraries16 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities12 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay234 k€
Public buildings159 k€
Municipal social action centre95 k€
District heating89 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay81 k€
Pension fund contributions81 k€
Energy — electricity62 k€
Social security agency contributions58 k€
Municipal social action centre37 k€
Other allowances35 k€
Service contracts22 k€
Water and wastewater10 k€
Other types of spending70 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.