Valence
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Valence spent 18.3 M€ on this. That is €279 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+3.3 pt Valence devotes 24.7% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants is 21.4%.
Ranked 21 of 81 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €279, against €302 for the median (−8 %).
What for?
Other youth activities6.3 M€
Shared services4.2 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums3.1 M€
Museums2.7 M€
Arts activities and cultural events741 k€
Sports events688 k€
Stadiums206 k€
Theatres and live performance186 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities105 k€
Leisure centres59 k€
Heritage34 k€
Archive services6 k€
Other areas10 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay4.4 M€
Other private bodies2.4 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay1.7 M€
Pension fund contributions1.4 M€
Energy — electricity1.3 M€
Social security agency contributions1.3 M€
Other allowances905 k€
Intermediary fees and professional fees — miscellaneous708 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)526 k€
Public buildings521 k€
Bonuses and other allowances329 k€
Maintenance299 k€
Other types of spending2.6 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.