PART TWO: THE MUNICIPALITY

I. – Until the next renewal following the creation of the new commune, the municipal council is composed: 1° Of all the current members of the municipal councils of the former communes, if the municipal councils of the communes concerned so decide by concordant deliberations taken before the creation of the new commune; 2° Failing this, of the mayors, deputy mayors, as well as municipal councillors of the former communes,…

During the first renewal following the creation of the new commune, the municipal council comprises a number of members equal to the number provided for in Article L. 2121-2 for a commune belonging to the next highest demographic stratum. This number may not be less than one third of the sum of the municipal councillors elected at the previous general renewal of the municipal councils, in accordance with article L….

As an exception to the third paragraph of article L. 2122-8, if the seat of one or more municipal councillors becomes vacant, for any reason whatsoever, between the date of publication of the decree of the representative of the State in the département declaring the creation of the new commune and the first meeting of the municipal council, the latter shall proceed to elect the mayor and deputy mayors, unless…

Until the first renewal of the municipal council following the creation of the new commune, where each of the former communes had fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, the deputies are elected under the conditions set out in Article L. 2122-7.

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…

For a period of three years from the creation of a new commune, the provisions of Article L. 541-3 of the Education Code and the article L. 229-25 of the Environment Code do not apply to this new commune unless they were applicable, on the date of its creation, to one or more of the communes from which it is formed, and only on the territory of the said communes….

In the event of a project to create a new commune resulting from the merger of all the member communes of one or more public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status, the municipal councils concerned may, by deliberation as provided for in Article L. 2113-2, request that the future new commune, without belonging to a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status, has the…

When a new commune mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2113-9 is created, it replaces the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status within the mixed syndicates covered by Book VII of Part Five of which it is a member. Each mixed syndicate has a period of six months to update its statutes.

The articles L. 2113-2 to L. 2113-9-1 A are applicable to the extension of a new commune to one or more communes. Section 3 of this chapter remains applicable to a new commune extended to one or more communes, without this extension extending the period of application, unless this extension concerns one or more communes with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants. The provisions of section 3 of this chapter remain applicable…