Nîmes
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Nîmes spent 46.5 M€ on this. That is €309 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−2.8 pt Nîmes devotes 21.4% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over is 24.2%.
Ranked 25 of 40 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €309, against €309 for the median (+0 %).
What for?
Shared services9.3 M€
Museums9.1 M€
Arts activities and cultural events5.8 M€
Libraries and media libraries5.8 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities4.3 M€
Leisure centres3.4 M€
Theatres and live performance3.2 M€
Sports events1.3 M€
Other youth activities1.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums884 k€
Swimming pools810 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues585 k€
Other areas728 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay11.4 M€
Other private bodies8.6 M€
Service contracts7.1 M€
Pension fund contributions3.8 M€
Other allowances2.4 M€
Social security agency contributions2.0 M€
Energy — electricity1.9 M€
Advertising, publications and public relations — miscellaneous1.5 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.3 M€
Other local public bodies950 k€
Other supplies619 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)451 k€
Other types of spending4.3 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.