Lens
Administration générale
In 2024, Lens spent 22.1 M€ on this. That is €673 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+17.7 pt Lens devotes 47.8% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 30.1%.
Ranked 22 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €673, against €390 for the median (+73 %).
What for?
General administration of the authority18.9 M€
Public events and ceremonies1.4 M€
General administration of the State531 k€
Cemeteries and funeral services522 k€
Elected assembly423 k€
Information, communication and publicity219 k€
Support to associations (not classified elsewhere)60 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay7.9 M€
Other allowances2.7 M€
Pension fund contributions2.7 M€
Social security agency contributions1.6 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.3 M€
Multi-risk insurance711 k€
Public events and ceremonies665 k€
Small equipment supplies385 k€
Office-holder allowances336 k€
Premises cleaning300 k€
Other subsidised jobs292 k€
Maintenance263 k€
Other types of spending3.0 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.