Épinal
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Épinal spent 13.6 M€ on this. That is €403 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+4.3 pt Épinal devotes 25% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 64 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €403, against €263 for the median (+53 %).
What for?
Shared services7.5 M€
Culture, community life, youth, sports and leisure2.0 M€
Sports events1.3 M€
Arts activities and cultural events1.1 M€
Other youth activities498 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities491 k€
Museums332 k€
Theatres and live performance137 k€
Heritage95 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums81 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues56 k€
Other26 k€
Swimming pools17 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay3.2 M€
Interest paid at maturity1.8 M€
Other private bodies1.4 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.2 M€
Pension fund contributions1.1 M€
Social security agency contributions904 k€
Other external services — other532 k€
Other allowances463 k€
Energy — electricity409 k€
Service contracts403 k€
Other financial charges — other223 k€
Property rentals223 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.