Commune · Arad county
What the town hall of Macea spent in 2025
- The town hall of Macea paid 29.8 m lei in 2025, or 5,207 lei for each of its 5,722 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 52 went to water, lighting and housing, 13 to social assistance and 11 to administration.
- Per resident it spends more than 75% of communes of 5,001–10,000 residents do (ranked 87th of 353) and is 35th of 68 among the communes of Arad county.
- 61% of the money (18.2 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for communes of 5,001–10,000 residents is 31%.
- 53% of 2025's investment (9.6 m lei of 18.2 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 5,001–10,000 residents is 20%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 14.8 m lei, 2024: 20.5 m lei, 2025: 29.8 m lei.
- The largest single item: water supply, 14.8 m lei (50% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 1752
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1713
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1911
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 1810
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 118
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 44
- Local police and fire brigadeall communes together: 12
When investment is paid, month by month
Each row is a year; colour shows the share of that year's investment paid in the month; an outline marks the month of the local elections.
How it compares
| Here | Places of the same size | Median of the county's communes | Median of communes, national | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | 5,207 lei | 3,952 lei | 5,283 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 61% | 31% | 36% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 11% | 18% | 22% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 53% | 20% | 20% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Water supply | 14.8 m lei | 50% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 3.7 m lei | 12% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 3.2 m lei | 11% |
| Streets | 2.9 m lei | 10% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 1.3 m lei | 4% |
| Kindergartens | 803,500 lei | 3% |
| Sport | 637,700 lei | 2% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 3519410. The sums are payments from the Ministry of Finance's budget execution, extracted between 6 and 12 November 2026 (Transparenta.eu). Questions for the town hall: which works were paid in December? How much of the spending comes from the state or from EU funds? Why did the total change from one year to the next? Send the town hall the figures before publishing, for its right of reply.
Figures are payments (not commitments) by the town hall and the bodies it runs: schools, libraries, sometimes hospitals. Population is from the 2021 census. Social assistance includes the wages of personal assistants of people with severe disabilities, paid by the town hall. Transfers between public bodies are not counted twice.