Commune · Vrancea county
What the town hall of Cotești spent in 2025
- The town hall of Cotești paid 14.9 m lei in 2025, or 3,129 lei for each of its 4,772 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 30 went to administration, 26 to social assistance and 25 to roads and transport.
- Per resident it spends more than 17% of communes of 3,001–5,000 residents do (ranked 673rd of 812) and is 54th of 68 among the communes of Vrancea county.
- 27% of the money (4.1 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for communes of 3,001–5,000 residents is 30%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 7% of the money (1.1 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 2% of 2025's investment (103,500 lei of 4.1 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 3,001–5,000 residents is 18%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 9.1 m lei, 2024: 27.4 m lei, 2025: 14.9 m lei.
- The largest single item: The town hall itself (executive authorities), 4.4 m lei (30% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1930
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1726
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 1825
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 119
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 43
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 172
- Otherall communes together: 12
- Religious servicesall communes together: 01
- Local police and fire brigadeall communes together: 11
- 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 | 3,129 lei | 4,197 lei | 4,095 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 27% | 30% | 33% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 30% | 20% | 22% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 2% | 18% | 10% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 4.4 m lei | 30% |
| Roads and bridges | 3.8 m lei | 25% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 3.7 m lei | 25% |
| Primary schools | 1.2 m lei | 8% |
| Village cultural halls | 286,800 lei | 2% |
| Agriculture | 285,100 lei | 2% |
| Street lighting | 260,000 lei | 2% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4298032. 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.