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Article L2511-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The affairs of the City of Paris are regulated by the Paris council and those of the communes of Marseille and Lyon by a municipal council. The affairs of these three territorial collectivities are regulated by arrondissement councils for certain powers exhaustively defined in this chapter. The deliberations of the Paris council are prepared and executed by the mayor of Paris. The deliberations of the Paris council are prepared and…

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Article L2511-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The City of Paris and the communes of Marseille and Lyon are divided into twenty, sixteen and nine municipal arrondissements respectively. The boundaries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 January 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-1169 du 31 décembre 1982 relative à l’organisation administrative de Paris, Marseille, Lyon et des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale, ne peuvent être modifiées que par décret en Conseil…

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Article L2511-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In each arrondissement or group of arrondissements determined in accordance with the tables in articles L. 2511-5 to L. 2511-7, a borough council is created. The arrondissement council meets at the arrondissement town hall or at one of the town halls located in the group of arrondissements. Where an arrondissement council is established for a group of arrondissements, it shall exercise, for the arrondissements in the group, the powers devolved…

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Article L2511-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Territorial reassignment of Paris arrondissement councils: DESIGNATION OF SECTORS ARRONDISSEMENTS 1st sector 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 5th sector 5th 6th sector 6th sector 7th sector 7th 8th sector 8th 9th sector 9th 10th sector 10th 11th sector 11th 12th sector 12th 13th sector 13th sector 14th sector 14th sector 15th sector 15th 16th sector 16th 17th sector 17th 18th sector 18th 19th sector 19th 20th sector 20th .

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Article L2511-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The arrondissement council is made up of the municipal councillors or Paris councillors and the arrondissement councillors elected in the arrondissement or group of arrondissements, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the electoral code. The number of arrondissement councillors is double that of the municipal councillors or Paris councillors, but may not be less than ten or more than forty. The number of arrondissement councillors is double that…

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