Commune · Covasna county
What the town hall of Mereni spent in 2025
- The town hall of Mereni paid 7 m lei in 2025, or 5,505 lei for each of its 1,268 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 32 went to culture, sport and parks, 21 to waste and environment and 18 to administration.
- Per resident it spends more than 26% of communes of up to 1,500 residents do (ranked 342nd of 465) and is 13th of 40 among the communes of Covasna county.
- 33% of the money (2.3 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for communes of up to 1,500 residents is 34%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 18% of the money (1.2 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 9% of 2025's investment (200,500 lei of 2.3 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of up to 1,500 residents is 14%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 3.6 m lei, 2024: 5.2 m lei, 2025: 7 m lei.
- The largest single item: village cultural halls, 2.2 m lei (32% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 432
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 1121
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1918
- Otherall communes together: 113
- Social assistanceall communes together: 179
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 182
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 172
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 112
- Local police and fire brigadeall 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 | 5,505 lei | 7,202 lei | 4,434 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 33% | 34% | 39% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 18% | 24% | 26% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 9% | 14% | 20% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Village cultural halls | 2.2 m lei | 32% |
| Waste collection and street cleaning | 1.4 m lei | 21% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 1.3 m lei | 18% |
| Agriculture | 897,500 lei | 13% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 523,600 lei | 8% |
| Streets | 153,200 lei | 2% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 117,300 lei | 2% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 16260082. 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.