Town · Argeș county
What the town hall of Costești spent in 2025
- The town hall of Costești paid 41.9 m lei in 2025, or 4,425 lei for each of its 9,460 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 26 went to administration, 24 to schools and 19 to social assistance.
- Per resident it spends more than 16% of towns of under 10,000 residents do (ranked 122nd of 146) and is 5th of 7 among the towns and municipalities of Argeș county.
- 14% of the money (6 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 33% of the money (13.8 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 36% of 2025's investment (2.1 m lei of 6 m lei) was paid in December; the median for towns of under 10,000 residents is 19%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 22.3 m lei, 2024: 34.3 m lei, 2025: 41.9 m lei.
- The largest single item: The town hall itself (executive authorities), 10.4 m lei (25% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 1426
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriessimilar places together: 1224
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 1119
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 2210
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 58
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 117
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar 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 | 4,425 lei | 6,452 lei | 5,369 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 14% | 15% | 11% |
| Administration, % of spending | 26% | 16% | 9% |
| Investment paid in December | 36% | 19% | 28% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 10.4 m lei | 25% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 6.6 m lei | 16% |
| Upper-secondary schools | 5.4 m lei | 13% |
| Other education spending | 2.9 m lei | 7% |
| Other housing, utilities and community development | 2.7 m lei | 6% |
| Waste collection and street cleaning | 2.4 m lei | 6% |
| Streets | 2.4 m lei | 6% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4834769. 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.