Saintes
Action économique
In 2024, Saintes spent 537 k€ on this. That is €20 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+1 pt Saintes devotes 1.6% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 0.5%.
Ranked 59 of 335 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €20, against €7 for the median (+184 %).
What for?
Cross-cutting economic action279 k€
Tourism development143 k€
Industry, retail and crafts83 k€
Economic development agency32 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay127 k€
Other private bodies67 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay58 k€
Public buildings57 k€
Pension fund contributions45 k€
Social security agency contributions36 k€
Other non-stocked supplies29 k€
Other allowances26 k€
Other taxes and similar payments (other bodies)20 k€
Other movable property19 k€
Service charges and rental costs7 k€
Equipment rentals — other6 k€
Other types of spending42 k€
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.