Commune · Satu Mare county
What the town hall of Păulești spent in 2025
- The town hall of Păulești paid 25.5 m lei in 2025, or 4,418 lei for each of its 5,775 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 26 went to roads and transport, 21 to administration and 19 to social assistance.
- Per resident it spends more than 60% of communes of 5,001–10,000 residents do (ranked 141st of 353) and is 35th of 59 among the communes of Satu Mare county.
- 29% of the money (7.4 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for communes of 5,001–10,000 residents is 31%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 19% of the money (4.8 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 28% of 2025's investment (2.1 m lei of 7.4 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 5,001–10,000 residents is 20%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 14.9 m lei, 2024: 16.6 m lei, 2025: 25.5 m lei.
- The largest single item: roads and bridges, 6.3 m lei (25% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 1826
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1921
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1719
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 1112
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 1112
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 177
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 41
- Religious servicesall communes together: 01
- Local police and fire brigadeall 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 | 4,418 lei | 3,952 lei | 4,676 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 29% | 31% | 22% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 21% | 18% | 19% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 28% | 20% | 20% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Roads and bridges | 6.3 m lei | 25% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 5.1 m lei | 20% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 4.6 m lei | 18% |
| Waste treatment and disposal | 3.1 m lei | 12% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 1.5 m lei | 6% |
| Other housing, utilities and community development | 1 m lei | 4% |
| Auxiliary education services | 854,200 lei | 3% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 3897025. 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.