Commune · Vâlcea county
What the town hall of Popești spent in 2025
- The town hall of Popești paid 16.9 m lei in 2025, or 5,918 lei for each of its 2,857 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 30 went to roads and transport, 28 to social assistance and 20 to administration.
- Per resident it spends more than 65% of communes of 1,501–3,000 residents do (ranked 418th of 1,187) and is 31st of 78 among the communes of Vâlcea county.
- 15% of the money (2.5 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for communes of 1,501–3,000 residents is 33%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 35% of the money (5.9 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 3% of 2025's investment (73,600 lei of 2.5 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 1,501–3,000 residents is 14%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 13.2 m lei, 2024: 20.9 m lei, 2025: 16.9 m lei.
- The largest single item: roads and bridges, 5.1 m lei (30% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 1830
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1728
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1920
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 49
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 115
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 174
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 114
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 | 5,918 lei | 5,087 lei | 5,079 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 15% | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 20% | 22% | 21% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 3% | 14% | 15% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Roads and bridges | 5.1 m lei | 30% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 4.3 m lei | 26% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 3.2 m lei | 19% |
| Village cultural halls | 1.4 m lei | 9% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 673,100 lei | 4% |
| Social aid | 485,700 lei | 3% |
| Waste collection and street cleaning | 463,800 lei | 3% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 2541126. 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.