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19/05/2008, 16:58 Ian Joined on 04/07/2007 Posts 379 How small can a village be and have its own mayor? Our village has a population of about 250 (I guess about 200 of whom are eligible to vote) and elected a new mayor just recently.  There were 22 members of the community up for election, 2 rounds of voting, masses of campaigning, threatening letters, arguments, gossip, rumour and other dirty tricks. After 49 years (that is not a miss-print) as mayor the old guard have been partly-ousted and we now have a new regime in place. I wondered if our village had only 150 villagers .... or 50 ... would we still have had all this mallarky? Holiday and Property Guide for Nice and the Cote d'Azur    Report

19/05/2008, 17:17 Will Joined on 22/09/2004 Sussex & 50 (Mortainais) Posts 4,732 Re: How small can a village be and have its own mayor? We have 44 electors, but still have a council, a mayor, and two deputies. We went through all the election procedure, though as a smaller commune there were not really enough people to have opposing lists. Nevertheless, at the first round of election there were 22 different people voted for (not all of which had put themselves up for election) and the vote went to a second round, as there was still one place left after counting up all the candidates who had received votes from at least half of those who voted. Mrs Will (Judie) got through comfortably on the first round. At the time, various communes' elections were covered pretty closely on this and other forums. There are smaller communes than ours - but not many - and several of them have their own maire. Some combine with their neighbours for simpler administration.   Will intentionally blank signature http://www.vienormande.com    Report

19/05/2008, 17:55 Ian Joined on 04/07/2007 Posts 379 Re: How small can a village be and have its own mayor? Thanks Will Holiday and Property Guide for Nice and the Cote d'Azur    Report

19/05/2008, 18:55 Tony F Dordogne Joined on 10/04/2005 Small village in the Dordogne, near St Cyprien Posts 1,426 Re: How small can a village be and have its own mayor? 186 people in our commune of whom 127 were registered to vote, including 9 Europeans.  A local commune has under 100 people. French democratic system says all communes are entitled to their Maire etc, without the Council, you wouldn't be a commune/arrondisement. Tony F Dordogne (24) Huguenot Trails    Report

21/05/2008, 19:12 tegwini Joined on 19/09/2007 Wiltshire & Vienne Posts 154 Re: How small can a village be and have its own mayor?  Just curious, but do such officials get paid & how much? Regards tegwini I think, therefore perhaps I am...    Report

21/05/2008, 19:19 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 6,427 Re: How small can a village be and have its own mayor? A starting point here: http://www.cdg35.fr/Data/Fichiersattaches/A1A6_document_fichier_body_1.pdf Clair, a Real Virtual French Person Ma Plus Belle Histoire d'Amour    Report

22/05/2008, 6:44 Tony F Dordogne Joined on 10/04/2005 Small village in the Dordogne, near St Cyprien Posts 1,426 Re: How small can a village be and have its own mayor?  tegwini wrote:  Just curious, but do such officials get paid & how much? Regards tegwini In small communes, they get paid nothing, not even petrol allowance. Tony F Dordogne (24) Huguenot Trails    Report

22/05/2008, 11:40 Callie Joined on 19/04/2008 Near Saumur (49) Posts 145 Re: How small can a village be and have its own mayor?  Ian wrote: Our village has a population of about 250 (I guess about 200 of whom are eligible to vote) and elected a new mayor just recently.  There were 22 members of the community up for election, 2 rounds of voting, masses of campaigning, threatening letters, arguments, gossip, rumour and other dirty tricks. Our commune has about 850 people and the last elections (not the most recent), there was a punch up outside the Mairie and the voting went to 3 tours, unheard of for a small council election. It even made TF3. Mind you, I think it was a bit of a fix this year because we were given a list of names of existing membres of the conseil, and if wanted to change anything, we could cross off a name and write in a new name. No other names had been listed despite the fact that several others had presented themselves as candidates. Hardly democratic ! If you don't get the result you want, just keep revoting until you do (a bit like ratifying the EU treaty...?)    Report

22/05/2008, 11:42 Callie Joined on 19/04/2008 Near Saumur (49) Posts 145 Re: How small can a village be and have its own mayor? Okay, why didn't my quote come out as planned???????    Report

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