Versailles
Culture, vie sociale, jeunesse et sports
In 2024, Versailles spent 26.5 M€ on this. That is €311 per inhabitant.
Against towns of the same size
+0 pt Versailles devotes 21.4% of its operating budget to this; the median for towns of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants is 21.4%.
Ranked 42 of 81 by share of budget.In euros per inhabitant: €311, against €302 for the median (+3 %).
What for?
Leisure centres7.5 M€
Other4.5 M€
Arts activities and cultural events3.5 M€
Libraries and media libraries3.0 M€
Stadiums1.7 M€
Shared services1.3 M€
Theatres and live performance1.2 M€
Museums859 k€
Swimming pools850 k€
Culture, community life, youth, sports and leisure602 k€
Archive services455 k€
Sports halls and gymnasiums450 k€
Other areas605 k€
Spent on what?
Basic pay7.2 M€
Non-permanent staff — pay3.8 M€
Pension fund contributions2.5 M€
Social security agency contributions2.1 M€
Other allowances1.7 M€
Operating grants to individuals, associations and other private bodies1.7 M€
Energy — electricity1.0 M€
Other private bodies740 k€
Purchases of services (other than land for development)736 k€
Public events and ceremonies631 k€
Interest paid at maturity592 k€
Premises cleaning358 k€
Other types of spending3.5 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.