Commune · Vrancea county
What the town hall of Bălești spent in 2025
- The town hall of Bălești paid 9.3 m lei in 2025, or 4,797 lei for each of its 1,938 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 36 went to social assistance, 26 to administration and 15 to water, lighting and housing.
- Per resident it spends more than 44% of communes of 1,501–3,000 residents do (ranked 666th of 1,187) and is 22nd of 68 among the communes of Vrancea county.
- 16% of the money (1.5 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 18% of the money (1.7 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 0% of 2025's investment (0 lei of 1.5 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 1,501–3,000 residents is 14%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 5.5 m lei, 2024: 12.3 m lei, 2025: 9.3 m lei.
- The largest single item: social assistance for disability (including personal assistants), 2.8 m lei (30% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1736
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1926
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 1715
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 1113
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 185
- Local police and fire brigadeall communes together: 12
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 111
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 41
- Healthall 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 | 4,797 lei | 5,087 lei | 4,095 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 16% | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 26% | 22% | 22% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 0% | 14% | 10% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 2.8 m lei | 30% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 2.4 m lei | 25% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 1.2 m lei | 13% |
| Street lighting | 1 m lei | 11% |
| Social aid | 551,600 lei | 6% |
| Roads and bridges | 461,400 lei | 5% |
| Water supply | 415,400 lei | 4% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4410704. 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.