Commune · Buzău county
What the town hall of Merei spent in 2025
- The town hall of Merei paid 33.6 m lei in 2025, or 4,947 lei for each of its 6,785 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 38 went to water, lighting and housing, 17 to roads and transport and 14 to administration.
- Per resident it spends more than 71% of communes of 5,001–10,000 residents do (ranked 102nd of 353) and is 33rd of 82 among the communes of Buzău county.
- 56% of the money (18.8 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 4% of the money (1.4 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 6% of 2025's investment (1.2 m lei of 18.8 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 5,001–10,000 residents is 20%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 18.8 m lei, 2024: 19.5 m lei, 2025: 33.6 m lei.
- The largest single item: natural gas supply, 11.2 m lei (33% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 1738
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 1817
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1914
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 1114
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1711
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 114
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 41
- Otherall 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 | 4,947 lei | 3,952 lei | 4,419 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 56% | 31% | 33% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 14% | 18% | 22% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 6% | 20% | 18% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas supply | 11.2 m lei | 33% |
| Roads and bridges | 5.3 m lei | 16% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 4.7 m lei | 14% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 2.9 m lei | 9% |
| Other education spending | 2.6 m lei | 8% |
| Waste collection and street cleaning | 1.4 m lei | 4% |
| Auxiliary education services | 1.3 m lei | 4% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 3662541. 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.