Saintes
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Saintes spent 8.6 M€ on this. That is €321 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+4.4 pt Saintes devotes 25.1% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 59 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €321, against €263 for the median (+22 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events2.4 M€
Libraries and media libraries1.1 M€
Museums1.0 M€
Other sports and leisure facilities837 k€
Theatres and live performance823 k€
Shared services725 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums603 k€
Stadiums407 k€
Sports events394 k€
Heritage318 k€
Leisure centres27 k€
Other youth activities6 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay2.3 M€
Other private bodies1.8 M€
Pension fund contributions771 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay700 k€
Public events and ceremonies598 k€
Social security agency contributions550 k€
Other allowances356 k€
Municipal social action centre335 k€
Other non-stocked supplies144 k€
Public buildings126 k€
Other movable property90 k€
Maintenance71 k€
Other types of spending804 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.