Soissons
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Soissons spent 7.2 M€ on this. That is €245 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−1.6 pt Soissons devotes 19.2% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 202 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €245, against €263 for the median (−7 %).
What for?
Other youth activities2.0 M€
Libraries and media libraries800 k€
Shared services734 k€
Museums617 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues603 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums554 k€
Heritage468 k€
Theatres and live performance462 k€
Stadiums247 k€
Arts activities and cultural events199 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities187 k€
Leisure centres164 k€
Other areas172 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay1.6 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay871 k€
Other private bodies612 k€
Pension fund contributions553 k€
Social security agency contributions530 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)396 k€
Other allowances349 k€
Energy — electricity296 k€
Other external services — other226 k€
District heating211 k€
Bonuses and other allowances167 k€
Maintenance142 k€
Other types of spending1.3 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.