The responsibility for repressing breaches of the public peace, as defined in 2° of article L. 2212-2 and placed by that article as a general rule in the hands of the mayor, falls to the State alone in communes where the police are state-run, except in the case of neighbourhood disturbances.
In these same communes, the State is responsible for good order when there are occasional large gatherings of men.
All the other police powers listed in articles L. 2212-2, L. 2212-3 and L. 2213-9 are exercised by the mayor, including the maintenance of good order at fairs, markets, public celebrations and ceremonies, shows, games, cafés, churches and other public places.