Municipality · Sălaj county
What the town hall of Zalău spent in 2025
- The town hall of Zalău paid 366.6 m lei in 2025, or 7,001 lei for each of its 52,359 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 22 went to roads and transport, 22 to schools and 16 to social assistance.
- Per resident it spends more than 55% of municipalities of over 50,000 residents do (ranked 18th of 40) and is 3rd of 4 among the towns and municipalities of Sălaj county.
- 11% of the money (39.2 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for municipalities of over 50,000 residents is 11%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 25% of the money (92.3 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 14% of 2025's investment (5.5 m lei of 39.2 m lei) was paid in December; the median for municipalities of over 50,000 residents is 18%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 313.4 m lei, 2024: 336.4 m lei, 2025: 366.6 m lei.
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 1822
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriessimilar places together: 1222
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 916
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 1013
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar places together: 812
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 57
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 185
- Local police and fire brigadesimilar places together: 22
- 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 | 7,001 lei | 6,862 lei | 7,217 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| Administration, % of spending | 13% | 9% | 11% |
| Investment paid in December | 14% | 18% | 17% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Other education spending | 51.6 m lei | 14% |
| Public transport | 45.1 m lei | 12% |
| Streets | 37.4 m lei | 10% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 32.8 m lei | 9% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 32 m lei | 9% |
| Sport | 19.1 m lei | 5% |
| Waste collection and street cleaning | 15.6 m lei | 4% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4291786. 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.