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.
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.
Just curious, but do such officials get paid & how much?
Regards
tegwini
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.
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.
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