CHAPTER IV : Abolition of communes

Where the takeover, in execution of legislative provisions or legal decisions, of all or part of the territory of a commune has had the effect of making communal life impossible, the abolition of the commune and its attachment to one or more other communes shall be pronounced by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Chapter III of this Title I, insofar as these…

A commission comprising the mayors of the suppressed commune and of the attached commune or communes makes proposals on the distribution of all the rights and obligations of the suppressed communes and communal establishments, between the State and the attached commune or communes. The decree mentioned in article L. 2114-1, taken in the light of these proposals, determines in particular the conditions of attribution either to the attached commune or…

In all cases where a merger of communes is carried out in application of this chapter, only the municipal councils of the suppressed communes are automatically dissolved. The municipal councils of the attached communes remain in office.