Le Mans
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Le Mans spent 43.0 M€ on this. That is €291 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+2.1 pt Le Mans devotes 26.3% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over is 24.2%.
Ranked 10 of 40 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €291, against €309 for the median (−6 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events8.9 M€
Swimming pools4.8 M€
Libraries and media libraries4.8 M€
Museums3.9 M€
Other youth activities3.4 M€
Theatres and live performance3.1 M€
Shared services2.5 M€
Other2.4 M€
Stadiums2.1 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.9 M€
Leisure centres1.3 M€
Sports events1.1 M€
Other areas2.9 M€
Spent on what?
Basic pay11.5 M€
Pension fund contributions3.9 M€
Other private bodies3.9 M€
Energy — electricity3.0 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay3.0 M€
Other allowances2.8 M€
Social security agency contributions2.6 M€
Municipal social action centre1.7 M€
Other external services — other1.7 M€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)905 k€
Other external staff900 k€
Operating grants to individuals, associations and other private bodies761 k€
Other types of spending6.4 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.