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.
Statements (50)
| 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) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.