Commune · Harghita county
What the town hall of Racu spent in 2025
- The town hall of Racu paid 5.9 m lei in 2025, or 3,672 lei for each of its 1,599 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 53 went to administration, 17 to social assistance and 10 to water, lighting and housing.
- Per resident it spends more than 18% of communes of 1,501–3,000 residents do (ranked 978th of 1,187) and is 45th of 58 among the communes of Harghita county.
- 4% of the money (239,200 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 17% of the money (971,000 lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 0% of 2025's investment (0 lei of 239,200 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 3 of the 10 years with data (2019, 2021, 2024).
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 8.4 m lei, 2024: 6.7 m lei, 2025: 5.9 m lei.
- The largest single item: The town hall itself (executive authorities), 3 m lei (51% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1953
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1717
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 1710
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 117
- Local police and fire brigadeall communes together: 16
- Religious servicesall communes together: 04
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 181
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 41
- Healthall 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 | 3,672 lei | 5,087 lei | 4,914 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 4% | 33% | 24% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 53% | 22% | 19% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 0% | 14% | 20% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 3 m lei | 51% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 917,400 lei | 16% |
| Other public-order spending | 323,900 lei | 6% |
| Lower-secondary schools | 297,500 lei | 5% |
| Natural gas supply | 267,200 lei | 5% |
| Religious services | 250,000 lei | 4% |
| Other housing, utilities and community development | 234,500 lei | 4% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 16373057. 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.