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City, size
and website
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Mayor
(Mr, Ms)
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Elections
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Profile &
Politics*
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Aix en Provence
Popl: 142,000
www.aixenprovence.fr |
Maryse Charton also known as
Maryse Joissains-Masini (Ms) |
Elected 2001, re-elected 2008, 2014
and July 2020; Next municipal election 2026 |
Born 1942
Member of National Assembly
Former university lecturer and lawyer
President of Communaute d’Agglomeration Aix en Provence
Previously member of Regional Assembly
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
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Amiens
Popl: 134,000
www.amiens.fr/
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Brigitte Fouré (Ms) |
Elected 2014;
Re-elected July 2020; Next municipal |
Born 1955;
University Lecturer;
Party: LC (The Centrists) |
Angers
Popl: 150,000
www.angers.fr |
Christophe Béchu (Mr) |
Elected 2014;
Re-elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1974;
Businessman; President of Angers Loire Métropole Urban District;
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Annecy
Popl: 126,000
www.annecy.fr |
François Astorg; (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1961;
Studied communications.
In 1991, responsible for communication in the French ministry for maritime affairs; He is the co-founder of Cognito3, a human resources, management and data analysis consultancy. He has been teaching since 2001 at the Geneva State Training Center, and works as a trainer for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Haute-Savoie in order to support young entrepreneurs in taking over and managing businesses.
Party: Independent ecologist |
Argentuil
Popl: 107,000
www.argentuil.fr |
Georges Mothron (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1948
Former National Assembly member
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Avignon
Popl: 96,000
www.avignon.fr |
Cecile Helle (Ms) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1969
Secured 46.8% of the vote in 2014, beating off a strong National Front challenge
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Besançon
Popl: 117,000
www.besancon.fr |
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Elected July 2020; Her candidacy was endorsed by the mayors of Paris and Rennes; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1960;
Degree in Geography; Between 2006 and 2014, she was director of the botanical gardens of Besançon.
Party: EELV (Green party) |
Bordeaux
Popl: 244,000
www.bordeaux.fr |
Pierre Hurmic; (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Was elected mayor after 25 years in opposition. Next elections 2026 |
Born: 1955
Since 1995 member of Bordeaux’s city council
Party: EELV (Green party)
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Boulogne-Billancourt
Popl: 120,000
boulognebillancourt.com
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Pierre-Christophe Baguet (Mr) |
Elected 2008. Re-elected 2014 and 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1955
Member National Assembly
President Val de Seine agglomeration since 2008
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Brest
Popl: 139,000
www.brest.fr/ |
François Cuillandre (Mr) |
Elected 2001; Re-elected 2008, 2014 and July 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1955; L'Institut d'études politiques de Paris graduate; Minister for overseas territories 1988; Law lecturer Brest University 1993; President of Brest Métropole Océane Urban District;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Caen
Popl: 107,000
www.caen.fr |
Joel Bruneau (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1970
President of Clermont Urban District;
Party: PS (Socialist party)
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Clermont Ferrand
Popl: 144,000
www.clermont-ferrand.fr/ |
Olivier Bianchi (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected July 2020; Next municpal elections 2026 |
Born 1970
President of Clermont Urban District;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Cretail
92,000
www.cretail.fr |
Laurent Cathala (Mr) |
Elected in 1977 and seven times subsequently, including in 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1945;
Former National Assembly member 1981 - 2017; Served as a Minister in the administration of Edith Cresson and Pierre Beregoy between 1991 and 1993; President of Val-de-Marne Metropolitan Council since 2001; Since 2016 President of the new territory of Grand Paris Sud Est Avenir;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Dijon
Popl: 153,000;
www.dijon.fr |
François Rebsamen (Mr) |
Mayor from 2001 to 2014 and, after the death of his successor, re-elected in 2015; Re-elected again in July 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1951
Member of Government of France 2014-2015
Member of Senate 2008 – 2014
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Grenoble
Popl: 160,000
www.grenoble.fr/ |
Eric Piolle (Mr) |
Elected 2014 and re-elected in 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1973
Engineer. Sacked by Hewlett Packard in 2011 for refusing to lead a re-location process; Co-founder of Raise Partners, a company specialising in financial risk management.
Regional Assembly member 2010 – 2014
Party: EELV (Green party) |
Le Havre
Popl: 172,000
http://lehavre.fr/ |
Édouard Philippe (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born: 1970.
Studied at ENA; Between 1990 and 2002 member of the French Socialist Party; Joined the centrist UMP in 2002 and member of the French government from 2002 to 2007; Mayor of Le Havre from 2010 until 2017 prior to being appointed
French Prime Minister (May 2017 to July 2020) under President Emmanuel Macron
Party: Independent |
Le Mans
Popl: 144,000
www.lemans.fr/ |
Stéphane Le Foll (Mr) |
Mayor since June 2018; Re-elected July 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 3 February 1960;
Government Minister for agriculture in 2012;
Economics teacher from 1983 to 1988; Member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2018;
Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2012;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Lille
Popl: 231,000;
www.lille.fr/ |
Martine Aubry (Ms) |
Elected 2001, 2008 and again in 2014; Re-elected in July 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1950;
L'Institut d'études politiques de Paris and École nationale d'administration graduate; Minister with various portfolios 1991-2000 (when Minister for Employment initiated the '35-hour working week reforms'); President of Lille Urban District; Mayor of Distinction in World Mayor 2018;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Limoges
Popl: 126,000
www.ville-limoges.fr/ |
Emile Roger Lombertie (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected Juy 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1973
Psychiatrist; Vice-President Limoges Métropole Urban District;
Party: EELV (Green and strongly pro-European) |
Lyon
Popl: 501,000
www.lyon.fr |
Grégory Doucet; (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1973;
Between 2002 and 2008 he undertook humanitarian work in the Philippines and Nepal.
Party: EELV (Green party) |
Marseille
Popl: 855,000;
www.marseille.fr |
Michele Rubirola (Ms) |
Elected July 2020; First female mayor of Marseille; Next municipal election 2026 |
Born 1956;
In the 1970s, she was regarded as a radical feminist. She campaigned for the legalisation of abortions. Later as a medical practitioner she treated chronically and socially vulnerable patients.
Party: Socialist Ecologist |
Metz
Popl: 119,000
www.metz.fr |
François Grosdidier (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1961
In politics since 1981, he supported centre-right politicians like Jaques Chirac and Alain Juppé. In 1993 he became the youngest member of the French National Assembly. From 2001 to 2017 Mayor of Woippy.
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Montpellier
Popl: 272 00;
www.montpellier.fr/ |
Michaël Delafosse (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1977
Degrees in History and Geography; Joined Socialist Party at age 16; Lecturer in geography and history; Département de l’Hérault councillor from 2015 to 2020.
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Montreuil
Popl: 104,000
www.montreuil.fr |
Patrice Bessac (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected 2020;
Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1978
Regional councillor Ile-de-France 2004 to 2015; Executive member of the French Communist Party
Party: PCF* (French Communist Party) |
Mulhouse
Popl: 112,000
www.mulhouse.fr |
Michèle Lutz (Ms) |
Mayor since November 2017;
Re-elected 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 15 November 1958;
Owner of a hairdressing salon for from 1985 to 2016 and from 2006 to 2016 President of the Mulhouse hairdressing association;
First woman to be mayor of Mulhouse;
She started in politics in 2014;
Deputy mayor of Mulhouse from 2014 to 2017, responsible for local economic development;
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Nancy
Popl: 104.000
www.nancy.fr
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Mathieu Klein (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1976;
Degrees in history and sociology; Member of the Socialist Party since 1992; In 1994, he founded an organisation against homophobia; Departmental councillor Meurthe et Mosell 2004 to 2020;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Nanterre
Popl: 95,000
www.nanterre.fr |
Patrick Jarry (Mr) |
Elected 2004; Re-elected in 2008 2014 and 2020;
Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1954; Politician; President of the Council of Administration de EPADESA since 2013;
Party: PCF (Communist Party) until 2010; FASE (Socialist Greens) 2010 to 2013
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Nantes
Popl: 293,000;
www.nantes.fr/ |
Johanna Rolland (Ms) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected 2020;
Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1979;
Urban First female mayor of Nantes
President of Nantes Metropole since 2014
President of EuroCities 2014 – 2016
Degree in Urban Development Party: PS* |
Nice
Popl: 342,000;
www.nice.fr/ |
Christian Estrosi (Mr) |
Mayor from 2008 to 2016 and again from 2017 to 2020; Re-elected in 2020 |
Born 1955;
Member of Parliament; President Nice-Côte d'Azur Urban District 2014 - 2017; Government Member 2005-10 with various portfolios (Industry, Urban & Country Planning, etc); reported to have turned down a cabinet post in the new Macron administration in 2017. He told media he was committed to keeping the Front Nacional out of power in Nice.
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Nîmes
Popl: 151,000;
www.nimes.fr/ |
Jean-Paul Fournier (Mr) |
Elected 2001; Re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1945;
Senator; President of Nîmes Métropole Urban District;
Party: LR (centre-right Republicans) |
Orleans
Popl: 117,000
www.orleans.fr |
Serge Grouard (Mr) |
Mayor from 2001 until 2015 when he resinged for health reasons. Stood again in 2020 elections and was elected. Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1959
Member of National Assembly from 2002 to June 2017
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans)
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Paris
Popl: 2,230,000;
www.paris.fr/ |
Anne Hidalgo (Ms) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected June 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1959 in Cadiz, Spain; has dual French and Spanish nationality;grew up in a suburb of Lyon and attended Jean Moulin University; worked in the French civil service, primarily in the Labour Inspectorate for 26 years; this was interspersed with periods as a technical advisor to ministers during the Jospin administration; first elected to Paris City Council from the 15th arrondissement in 2001;
Deputy mayor under Bertrand Delanoë; first woman to be mayor of Paris;
Mayor of Distinction in World Mayor 2018
Party: PS (Socialist party)
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Perpignan
Popl: 121,000
www.perpignan.fr |
Louis Aliot (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1969;
Member of the French National Assembly from June 2017 to 2020; Member of the European Parliament from May 2014 to July 2017;
Party: LRN National Rally, formerly National Front (far-right) |
Reims
Popl: 183,000
www.ville-reims.fr/ |
Arnaud Robinet (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected in 2020: Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1975;
PHD in biochemistry;
Member of the French National Assembly 2008 to 2017;
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Rennes
Popl: 211,000;
www.rennes.fr/ |
Nathalie Appéré (Ms) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected in July 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1975;
Member of National Assembly from 2012 until 2017;
First female mayor of Rennes after getting 56% of the second round votes in 2014;
Politics degree at Institute of Politics in Rennes in 1996;
In 2018 awarded the World Mayor Commendation;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Roubaix
Popl: 94,000
www.roubaix.fr |
Guillaume Delbar (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected July 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1971; Business Consultant; Ousted the former PS mayor in a surprise outcome in 2014; President of Hauts De France Regional Council since 2016;
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
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Rouen
Popl : 108,000
www.rouen.fr/
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Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (Mr) |
Elected July 2020;
Next municipal elections in 202 |
Born: 1977;
Studies molecular biology at the ENS; and at Stanford (USA); Between 2014 and 2020 member of the Rouen municipal council; President of the regional council of Haute-Normandie from 2013 to 2015;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Saint-Denis
Popl: 109,000
www.saint-denis.fr |
Mathieu Hanotin (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1978
Studies law and history at the universities of Strasbourg and Paris (Sorbonne)
Member of the departmental council of Saine-Saint-Denis from 2015 to 2020;
Party: PS (Socialist party) |
Saint Etienne
Popl: 172,000;
www.saint-etienne.fr/ |
Gaël Perdriau (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Re-elected in July 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1973;
Entered politics in 1995; First elected to the city council in 1995; Since April 2014 also President of the St Etienne metro region
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Strasbourg
Popl: 266,000;
www.strasbourg.eu |
Jeanne Barseghian (Ms) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections in 202 |
Born 1980;
Studied French-German and environmental law in Strsbourg; After studies worked for Alsace regional council to develop sustainable tourism in the Rhine valley;
Party: EELV (Green party) |
Toulon
Popl: 164,000;
www.toulon.com/ |
Hubert Falco (Mr) |
Elected 2001, 2008, 2014 and again in 2020;
Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1947
Businessman; Former Secretary of State with various portfolios (Defense, Town and Country Planning, OAPs etc…); President Toulon Provence Méditerranée ; Urban District; Senator;
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Toulouse
Popl: 458,000;
www.toulouse.fr |
Jean-Luc Moudenc (Mr) |
Elected in 2004-08 then again in 2014 and 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Born 1960;
Journalist; educated at the Toulouse University of Social Sciences; told the media in May 2017 that he had turned down an offer of a government position by new prime minister Edouard Phillipe. In 2017 President of Urban France, the organisation of major cities.
Party: LR (Centre-right Republicans) |
Tourcoing
Popl: 94,000
www.tourcoing.fr |
Jean-Marie Vuylsteker (Mr) |
Elected mayor February 2019;
In May 2020, Gérarld Darmanin was elected but appointed French Interior Minister in July 2020. Since then, Jean Marie Vuylsteker acts as interim mayor |
Born: 1944
Started in politics in 1971
From 2014 to 2019 deputy mayor in charge of town planning, housing and construction;
Engage in lot of association
Passionate about horticulture and beekeeping.
Party: Gaullist |
Tours
Popl: 135,000;
www.tours.fr/ |
Emmanuel Denis; (Mr) |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born: 1971;
Studied engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Technologies Industrielles in Pau;
Party: EELV (Green party)
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Villeurbanne
Popl: 147,000
www.villeurbanne.fr
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Cédric Van Styvendael (Mr |
Elected July 2020; Next municipal elections 2026 |
Born 1973;
Studies political science in Lyon; In 2017, elected President of Housing Europe, an organisation that promotes affordable housing and social inclusion;
Party: PS (Socialist party)
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Vitry-sur-Seine
Popl: 94,000
www.vitrysurseine.fr |
Pierre Bell-Lloch (Mr) |
Elected 2020; Next municipal elections in 2026 |
Bell-Lloch’s election by the city council was described as a palace coup after his party colleague and incumbent mayor Jean-Claude Kennedy had won the municipal elections with almost 50 per cent of the vote.
Party: PCF (Communist) |
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