Lyon
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Lyon spent 174.3 M€ on this. That is €330 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+1.6 pt Lyon devotes 25.8% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over is 24.2%.
Ranked 12 of 40 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €330, against €309 for the median (+7 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events53.6 M€
Libraries and media libraries25.9 M€
Other youth activities21.5 M€
Museums19.4 M€
Shared services13.1 M€
Swimming pools9.3 M€
Theatres and live performance8.8 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums8.3 M€
Leisure centres3.2 M€
Heritage3.0 M€
Archive services1.9 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities1.7 M€
Other areas4.6 M€
Spent on what?
Other private bodies44.2 M€
Basic pay31.8 M€
Deficit of administrative ancillary budgets16.2 M€
Joint bodies13.8 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay12.8 M€
Pension fund contributions11.2 M€
Other allowances9.7 M€
Social security agency contributions8.9 M€
Bonuses and other allowances2.8 M€
Security and caretaking2.2 M€
Property rentals1.2 M€
Maintenance1.2 M€
Other types of spending18.2 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.