Town · Olt county
What the town hall of Balș spent in 2025
- The town hall of Balș paid 137.7 m lei in 2025, or 8,548 lei for each of its 16,114 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 30 went to health, 28 to water, lighting and housing and 17 to administration.
- The figures include health (30% of the money): hospitals or clinics run by the town hall, which raise spending per resident.
- Per resident it spends more than 74% of towns of over 10,000 residents do (ranked 18th of 70) and is 2nd of 8 among the towns and municipalities of Olt county.
- 16% of the money (21.4 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for towns of over 10,000 residents is 14%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 23% of the money (31.8 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 42% of 2025's investment (9 m lei of 21.4 m lei) was paid in December; the median for towns of over 10,000 residents is 21%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 94.7 m lei, 2024: 153.7 m lei, 2025: 137.7 m lei.
- The largest single item: general hospitals, 37.9 m lei (28% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Healthsimilar places together: 1930
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 1528
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 1317
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 1111
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriessimilar places together: 136
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar places together: 74
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 73
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 131
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 | 8,548 lei | 6,327 lei | 6,972 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 16% | 14% | 16% |
| Administration, % of spending | 17% | 13% | 13% |
| Investment paid in December | 42% | 21% | 21% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| General hospitals | 37.9 m lei | 28% |
| Housing development | 20.6 m lei | 15% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 20.1 m lei | 15% |
| Other housing, utilities and community development | 15.7 m lei | 11% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 13.6 m lei | 10% |
| Parks, green spaces and sports grounds | 3.5 m lei | 3% |
| Public debt and loans | 2.8 m lei | 2% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4286437. 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.