Valenciennes
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Valenciennes spent 12.2 M€ on this. That is €280 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
−2.1 pt Valenciennes devotes 18.6% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants is 20.7%.
Ranked 220 of 342 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €280, against €263 for the median (+6 %).
What for?
Arts activities and cultural events3.1 M€
Libraries and media libraries2.6 M€
Swimming pools1.7 M€
Sports halls and gymnasiums1.5 M€
Museums1.2 M€
Shared services1.1 M€
Leisure centres323 k€
Other youth activities183 k€
Heritage135 k€
Other sports and leisure facilities120 k€
Stadiums116 k€
Cinemas and other performance venues88 k€
Other areas55 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay3.2 M€
Deficit of administrative ancillary budgets1.7 M€
Pension fund contributions1.1 M€
Energy — electricity809 k€
Non-permanent staff — pay783 k€
Other allowances766 k€
Other private bodies541 k€
Social security agency contributions499 k€
Premises cleaning363 k€
Other compulsory contributions350 k€
Maintenance239 k€
Payment of the family supplement to the national fund192 k€
Other types of spending1.6 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.