Lens
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Lens spent 7.8 M€ on this. That is €238 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−3.8 pt Lens devotes 16.9% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 251 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €238, against €263 for the median (−10 %).
What for?
Theatres and live performance1.3 M€
Arts activities and cultural events1.3 M€
Stadiums1.2 M€
Libraries and media libraries965 k€
Swimming pools884 k€
Leisure centres743 k€
Shared services642 k€
Other youth activities318 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums220 k€
Holiday camps125 k€
Heritage63 k€
Security41 k€
Other areas39 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay1.6 M€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)813 k€
Energy — electricity555 k€
Pension fund contributions543 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay512 k€
Maintenance457 k€
Other private bodies442 k€
Service contracts436 k€
Social security agency contributions383 k€
Other allowances324 k€
District heating271 k€
Premises cleaning154 k€
Other types of spending1.3 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.