Pau
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Pau spent 15.7 M€ on this. That is €200 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−6.2 pt Pau devotes 15.3% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants is 21.4%.
Ranked 70 of 81 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €200, against €302 for the median (−34 %).
What for?
Shared services5.9 M€
Swimming pools3.6 M€
Arts activities and cultural events2.0 M€
Museums972 k€
Theatres and live performance841 k€
Stadiums747 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums730 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues432 k€
Sports events165 k€
Heritage93 k€
Leisure centres62 k€
Other youth activities50 k€
Libraries and media libraries125 €
Spent on what?
Basic pay3.3 M€
Other private bodies2.6 M€
Other compulsory contributions1.5 M€
Pension fund contributions1.1 M€
Energy — electricity1.0 M€
Other external services — other1.0 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay723 k€
Social security agency contributions669 k€
Other allowances642 k€
Service contracts560 k€
District heating505 k€
Property rentals312 k€
Other types of spending1.8 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.