Commune · Caraș-Severin county
What the town hall of Socol spent in 2025
- The town hall of Socol paid 6.3 m lei in 2025, or 3,940 lei for each of its 1,602 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 35 went to administration, 28 to culture, sport and parks and 23 to social assistance.
- Per resident it spends more than 25% of communes of 1,501–3,000 residents do (ranked 893rd of 1,187) and is 60th of 69 among the communes of Caraș-Severin county.
- 4% of the money (245,600 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 23% of the money (1.4 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 23% of 2025's investment (56,000 lei of 245,600 lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 1,501–3,000 residents is 14%.
- More than half of the year's investment was paid in December in 4 of the 10 years with data (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022).
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 6.9 m lei, 2024: 9.6 m lei, 2025: 6.3 m lei.
- The largest single item: The town hall itself (executive authorities), 2.2 m lei (35% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1935
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 428
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1723
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 174
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 114
- Otherall communes together: 13
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 112
- Roads, streets and transportall communes 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 communes | Median of communes, national | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | 3,940 lei | 5,087 lei | 6,270 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 4% | 33% | 24% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 35% | 22% | 23% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 23% | 14% | 17% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 2.2 m lei | 35% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 1.1 m lei | 17% |
| Village cultural halls | 1.1 m lei | 17% |
| Other cultural services | 695,600 lei | 11% |
| Social aid | 339,200 lei | 5% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 238,700 lei | 4% |
| Agriculture | 208,200 lei | 3% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 3227220. 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.