Town · Mureș county
What the town hall of Sovata spent in 2025
- The town hall of Sovata paid 82.7 m lei in 2025, or 8,519 lei for each of its 9,703 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 29 went to roads and transport, 21 to health and 10 to schools.
- The figures include health (21% of the money): hospitals or clinics run by the town hall, which raise spending per resident.
- Per resident it spends more than 70% of towns of under 10,000 residents do (ranked 44th of 146) and is 1st of 11 among the towns and municipalities of Mureș county.
- 37% of the money (30.2 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for towns of under 10,000 residents is 15%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 22% of the money (18.6 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 7% of 2025's investment (2.1 m lei of 30.2 m lei) was paid in December; the median for towns of under 10,000 residents is 19%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 44.4 m lei, 2024: 60 m lei, 2025: 82.7 m lei.
- The largest single item: streets, 22.2 m lei (27% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 1129
- Healthsimilar places together: 1821
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 1410
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriessimilar places together: 1210
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 229
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar places together: 59
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 56
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 115
- Othersimilar places together: 11
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 towns and municipalities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | 8,519 lei | 6,452 lei | 6,231 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 37% | 15% | 10% |
| Administration, % of spending | 10% | 16% | 12% |
| Investment paid in December | 7% | 19% | 20% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Streets | 22.2 m lei | 27% |
| General hospitals | 17.4 m lei | 21% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 6.6 m lei | 8% |
| Other culture, recreation and religion | 6.5 m lei | 8% |
| Other housing, utilities and community development | 5.3 m lei | 6% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 3.5 m lei | 4% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 3.4 m lei | 4% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4436895. 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.