La Rochelle
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, La Rochelle spent 25.0 M€ on this. That is €311 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−1.3 pt La Rochelle devotes 20.1% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants is 21.4%.
Ranked 53 of 81 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €311, against €302 for the median (+3 %).
What for?
Leisure centres5.6 M€
Museums4.5 M€
Arts activities and cultural events2.5 M€
Other2.3 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities1.9 M€
Shared services1.7 M€
Other youth activities1.6 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.5 M€
Libraries and media libraries1.4 M€
Stadiums820 k€
Archive services552 k€
Theatres and live performance285 k€
Other areas307 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay5.8 M€
Other private bodies5.4 M€
Pension fund contributions2.0 M€
Other allowances1.9 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.6 M€
Social security agency contributions1.6 M€
Energy — electricity1.3 M€
Bonuses and other allowances606 k€
Other external staff549 k€
Premises cleaning417 k€
Service contracts332 k€
Maintenance278 k€
Other types of spending3.2 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.