For the application of 2° of II of Article L. 2121-1, until the first renewal of the municipal council following the creation of the new commune, the order of municipal councillors is established according to the ratio between the number of votes obtained by each of them and the number of votes cast at the last renewal of the municipal council of their former commune.
The deputy mayors mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 2113-12-2 rank immediately after the mayor in the order of the table. They are ranked according to the population of their former commune on the date of the creation of the new commune.