Saintes
Administration générale
In 2024, Saintes spent 8.5 M€ on this. That is €314 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−5.6 pt Saintes devotes 24.6% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 30.1%.
Ranked 281 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €314, against €390 for the median (−19 %).
What for?
General administration of the authority6.6 M€
Information, communication and publicity619 k€
Public events and ceremonies384 k€
Elected assembly310 k€
Cemeteries and funeral services246 k€
Other general resources245 k€
General administration of the State36 k€
Support to associations (not classified elsewhere)16 k€
Other programmes12 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay1.8 M€
Energy — electricity1.5 M€
Pension fund contributions651 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay618 k€
Other allowances495 k€
Social security agency contributions441 k€
Multi-risk insurance278 k€
Other external staff237 k€
Office-holder allowances236 k€
Water and wastewater224 k€
Maintenance215 k€
Other private bodies187 k€
Other types of spending1.5 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.