Douai
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Douai spent 15.7 M€ on this. That is €389 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+6.1 pt Douai devotes 26.8% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 37 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €389, against €263 for the median (+48 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events4.5 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums2.5 M€
Swimming pools2.2 M€
Museums957 k€
Libraries and media libraries946 k€
Leisure centres853 k€
Theatres and live performance734 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues716 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities666 k€
Other youth activities565 k€
Shared services434 k€
Stadiums285 k€
Other areas344 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay4.3 M€
Other private bodies2.9 M€
Pension fund contributions1.5 M€
Social security agency contributions1.0 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.0 M€
Other allowances912 k€
Energy — electricity780 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)442 k€
District heating402 k€
Bonuses and other allowances382 k€
Other external staff218 k€
Service contracts188 k€
Other types of spending1.7 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.