Town · Mureș county
What the town hall of Sărmașu spent in 2025
- The town hall of Sărmașu paid 38.5 m lei in 2025, or 6,231 lei for each of its 6,186 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 21 went to water, lighting and housing, 20 to administration and 17 to culture, sport and parks.
- Per resident it spends more than 47% of towns of under 10,000 residents do (ranked 77th of 146) and is 6th of 11 among the towns and municipalities of Mureș county.
- 18% of the money (7.1 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 38% of the money (14.6 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 6% of 2025's investment (461,400 lei of 7.1 m lei) was paid in December; the median for towns of under 10,000 residents is 19%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 33.7 m lei, 2024: 23.8 m lei, 2025: 38.5 m lei.
- The largest single item: The town hall itself (executive authorities), 6.6 m lei (17% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 2221
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 1420
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar places together: 517
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 1114
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 1111
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriessimilar places together: 1211
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 54
- Local police and fire brigadesimilar places together: 11
- Healthsimilar places together: 181
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 | 6,231 lei | 6,452 lei | 6,231 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 18% | 15% | 10% |
| Administration, % of spending | 19% | 16% | 12% |
| Investment paid in December | 6% | 19% | 20% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 6.6 m lei | 17% |
| Roads and bridges | 4.9 m lei | 13% |
| Upper-secondary schools | 4.1 m lei | 11% |
| Parks, green spaces and sports grounds | 3.8 m lei | 10% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 3.7 m lei | 10% |
| Housing development | 3.6 m lei | 9% |
| Other housing spending | 2.7 m lei | 7% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 6405259. 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.