French municipal system

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The French municipal system is the local government framework in France that organizes communes like Sainte-Mesme with elected councils and mayors responsible for local administration and public services.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative framework
local government system
appliesTo France NERFINISHED
basedOn principle of local self-government
coexistsWith departments
intercommunal cooperation structures
regions
electiveBody municipal council
elects municipal councillors
electsIndirectly deputy mayors
mayor
executiveAuthority mayor
governedBy Code général des collectivités territoriales NERFINISHED
hasKeyInstitution deputy mayors
mayor
municipal council
historicalOrigin French Revolution communal reforms
includes Lyon NERFINISHED
Marseille NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
Sainte-Mesme NERFINISHED
lowestAdministrativeLevel commune
mayorIs chief executive of the commune
representative of the state in the commune
mayorResponsibleFor civil registry
implementation of municipal council decisions
local administration
municipal budget execution
public order at local level
municipalCouncilResponsibleFor local development policies
local regulations
municipal budget adoption
numberOfCommunes over 34,000 communes
organizes communes of France
providesService local public facilities
local roads and streets
local urban planning
municipal social services
primary school buildings
waste collection (often via intercommunal structures)
water and sanitation (often via intercommunal structures)
reformedBy NOTRe law of 2015 NERFINISHED
decentralization laws of the 1980s
supervisedBy French state NERFINISHED
prefect
termLengthOfMayor 6 years
termLengthOfMunicipalCouncil 6 years
voters residents registered on electoral lists
votingSystem list system with two-round majority and proportional representation (for larger communes)
plurality-at-large voting (for small communes)

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Sainte-Mesme belongsTo French municipal system