Commune · Harghita county
What the town hall of Merești spent in 2025
- The town hall of Merești paid 16.7 m lei in 2025, or 13,407 lei for each of its 1,243 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 78 went to roads and transport, 7 to administration and 7 to social assistance.
- Per resident it spends more than 90% of communes of up to 1,500 residents do (ranked 47th of 465) and is 3rd of 58 among the communes of Harghita county.
- 77% of the money (12.8 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%.
- 15% of 2025's investment (2 m lei of 12.8 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of up to 1,500 residents is 14%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 5.1 m lei, 2024: 7.6 m lei, 2025: 16.7 m lei.
- The largest single item: roads and bridges, 12.9 m lei (78% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 1878
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 197
- Social assistanceall communes together: 177
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 113
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 112
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 41
- Local police and fire brigadeall communes together: 11
- 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 | 13,407 lei | 7,202 lei | 4,914 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 77% | 34% | 24% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 7% | 24% | 19% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 15% | 14% | 20% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Roads and bridges | 12.9 m lei | 78% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 1.2 m lei | 7% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 834,600 lei | 5% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 476,300 lei | 3% |
| Waste collection and street cleaning | 259,400 lei | 2% |
| Social aid | 126,300 lei | 1% |
| Streets | 114,000 lei | 1% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 4246246. 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.