Commune · Arad county
What the town hall of Semlac spent in 2025
- The town hall of Semlac paid 16.7 m lei in 2025, or 4,803 lei for each of its 3,474 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 32 went to water, lighting and housing, 24 to administration and 13 to social assistance.
- Per resident it spends more than 65% of communes of 3,001–5,000 residents do (ranked 285th of 812) and is 43rd of 68 among the communes of Arad county.
- 20% of the money (3.4 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for communes of 3,001–5,000 residents is 30%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 30% of the money (4.9 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 18% of 2025's investment (622,300 lei of 3.4 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 3,001–5,000 residents is 18%.
- More than half of the year's investment was paid in December in 3 of the 10 years with data (2018, 2019, 2021).
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 7.4 m lei, 2024: 10.3 m lei, 2025: 16.7 m lei.
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 1732
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1924
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1713
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 1110
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 119
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 46
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 183
- Local police and fire brigadeall communes together: 12
- Healthall communes 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 communes | Median of communes, national | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | 4,803 lei | 4,197 lei | 5,283 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 20% | 30% | 36% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 24% | 20% | 22% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 18% | 18% | 20% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Other housing, utilities and community development | 4.7 m lei | 28% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 4 m lei | 24% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 2 m lei | 12% |
| Waste treatment and disposal | 1.5 m lei | 9% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 801,900 lei | 5% |
| Auxiliary education services | 800,800 lei | 5% |
| Other culture, recreation and religion | 623,800 lei | 4% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 3518830. 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.