Municipality · Arad county
What the town hall of Arad spent in 2025
- The town hall of Arad paid 1.1 bn lei in 2025, or 7,294 lei for each of its 145,078 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 30 went to water, lighting and housing, 22 to roads and transport and 14 to schools.
- Per resident it spends more than 70% of municipalities of over 50,000 residents do (ranked 12th of 40) and is 3rd of 10 among the towns and municipalities of Arad county.
- 4% of the money (39.1 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 42% of the money (441.6 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 18% of 2025's investment (6.9 m lei of 39.1 m lei) was paid in December; the median for municipalities of over 50,000 residents is 18%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 763.7 m lei, 2024: 903.9 m lei, 2025: 1.1 bn lei.
- The largest single item: heat supply, 273.4 m lei (26% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Water, lighting, housing and energysimilar places together: 1830
- Roads, streets and transportsimilar places together: 1822
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriessimilar places together: 1214
- Social assistancesimilar places together: 910
- Culture, sport and parkssimilar places together: 89
- Town hall and administrationsimilar places together: 107
- Waste, sewage and environmentsimilar places together: 56
- Local police and fire brigadesimilar places together: 21
- Healthsimilar places 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 towns and municipalities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | 7,294 lei | 6,862 lei | 6,345 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 4% | 11% | 19% |
| Administration, % of spending | 7% | 9% | 14% |
| Investment paid in December | 18% | 18% | 20% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Heat supply | 273.4 m lei | 26% |
| Public transport | 188.1 m lei | 18% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 79.3 m lei | 7% |
| Upper-secondary schools | 78.3 m lei | 7% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 58.5 m lei | 6% |
| Parks, green spaces and sports grounds | 41.4 m lei | 4% |
| Waste treatment and disposal | 32.2 m lei | 3% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 3519925. 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.