Subsection 1: The Borough Council

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…

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…

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 .

Territorial scope of Marseille’s arrondissement councils: DESIGNATION OF SECTORS ARRONDISSEMENTS 1st sector 1st and 7th 2th sector 2th and 3e 3e sector 4e and 5e 4e sector 6e and 8e 5e sector 9th and 10th 6th sector 11th and 12th sector

Territorial reassignment of Lyon’s borough councils: 1 1er arrondissement 2 2e arrondissement

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…

The provisions of articles L. 2121-4 and L. 2121-5 are applicable to arrondissement councillors. In the event of the resignation of an arrondissement councillor, the arrondissement mayor shall inform the mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris as soon as the resignation is received.

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the rules relating to the deliberations and operation of municipal councils and the rules that apply to municipal councils in the exercise of their powers shall apply to arrondissement councils in the exercise of their powers as defined in this chapter.

I.-The provisions of article L. 2121-22-1 do not apply to the Borough Council. II.-.The provisions of article L. 2143-1 shall apply to the arrondissement council, subject to the provisions below. On the proposal of the arrondissement councils, the city council or the Paris council shall determine the boundaries of the districts. The arrondissement councils create a neighbourhood council for each neighbourhood.

The arrondissement council may be convened at the request of the mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris. The mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris is heard, at his request, by the arrondissement council.