Municipality · Gorj county
What the town hall of Târgu Jiu spent in 2025
- The town hall of Târgu Jiu paid 470.6 m lei in 2025, or 6,399 lei for each of its 73,545 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 25 went to schools, 20 to water, lighting and housing and 12 to social assistance.
- Per resident it spends more than 38% of municipalities of over 50,000 residents do (ranked 25th of 40) and is 6th of 9 among the towns and municipalities of Gorj county.
- 13% of the money (63.1 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for municipalities of over 50,000 residents is 11%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 28% of the money (131.1 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 12% of 2025's investment (7.9 m lei of 63.1 m lei) was paid in December; the median for municipalities of over 50,000 residents is 18%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 462.1 m lei, 2024: 402.9 m lei, 2025: 470.6 m lei.
- The largest single item: upper-secondary schools, 65.6 m lei (14% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriessimilar places together: 1225
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 1820
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 912
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 1011
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 1811
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar places together: 811
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 55
- Local police and fire brigadesimilar places together: 23
- Healthsimilar places together: 182
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 towns and municipalities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | 6,399 lei | 6,862 lei | 6,652 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 13% | 11% | 13% |
| Administration, % of spending | 10% | 9% | 10% |
| Investment paid in December | 12% | 18% | 24% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Upper-secondary schools | 65.6 m lei | 14% |
| Housing development | 62.9 m lei | 13% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 46.1 m lei | 10% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 46 m lei | 10% |
| Streets | 35.2 m lei | 7% |
| Parks, green spaces and sports grounds | 25.3 m lei | 5% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 23.9 m lei | 5% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4956065. 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.