Saint-Quentin
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Saint-Quentin spent 18.4 M€ on this. That is €339 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+2.2 pt Saint-Quentin devotes 23.6% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants is 21.4%.
Ranked 24 of 81 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €339, against €302 for the median (+12 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events3.9 M€
Other youth activities3.8 M€
Shared services3.7 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.8 M€
Theatres and live performance1.5 M€
Libraries and media libraries998 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues833 k€
Stadiums480 k€
Museums459 k€
Sports events351 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities303 k€
Heritage144 k€
Other areas131 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay4.1 M€
Other private bodies2.9 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.6 M€
Pension fund contributions1.4 M€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)1.3 M€
Other allowances1.1 M€
Social security agency contributions1.1 M€
Energy — electricity791 k€
District heating604 k€
Maintenance406 k€
Other external services — other401 k€
Public events and ceremonies300 k€
Other types of spending2.3 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.