Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Communes déléguées (delegated communes) taking the name and territorial boundaries of all the former communes from which the new commune is formed are established within the new commune, except where the concordant deliberations of the municipal councils taken pursuant to Article L. 2113-2 have excluded their creation. However, at the request of the municipal council of a municipality resulting from a merger of municipalities pursuant to section 3 of this…

The creation of delegated communes within a new commune automatically entails for each of them: 1° The institution of a delegated mayor; 2° The creation of an annex to the town hall in which civil status records relating to events occurring within the territorial limits of the delegated commune are drawn up. Civil solidarity pacts between partners who have established their common residence in the delegated municipality are also registered…

An annex of the town hall created in application of 2° of article L. 2113-11 may be abolished by decision of the municipal council of the new commune, taken after agreement of the delegated mayor and, where it exists, of the council of the delegated commune. This decision only takes effect on 1st January of the following year. Civil status records relating to events occurring within the territorial limits of…

The municipal council of a new commune may decide, by a two-thirds majority of its members, to create in one or more delegated communes a council of the delegated commune, composed of a delegated mayor and communal councillors, the number of which it fixes, appointed by the municipal council from among its members.

The municipal council of a new commune may set up a conference of the mayor and deputy mayors, chaired by the mayor and comprising the deputy mayors, within which any issue relating to the coordination of public action within the territory of the new commune may be discussed. The conference of the mayor and deputy mayors meets at least once a year, when convened by its chairman or at the…

The maire délégué is elected by the municipal council of the new commune from among its members, under the conditions set out in Article L. 2122-7. By way of derogation, the mayor of the former commune in office at the time of the creation of the new commune automatically becomes deputy mayor until the next renewal of the municipal council. The same applies in the cases provided for in the…

The deputy mayor performs the duties of civil registrar and judicial police officer in the delegated commune. He may be responsible, in the delegated commune, for the enforcement of police laws and regulations and receive from the mayor the delegations provided for in articles L. 2122-18 to L. 2122-20. The deputy mayor also performs the duties of deputy mayor of the new commune, without being counted towards the limit set…

The municipal council may also appoint one or more deputy mayors from among the municipal councillors. The number of these may not exceed 30% of the total number of communal councillors.

The council of the delegated commune meets at the annex to the town hall located on the territory of the delegated commune. When the annex to the town hall has been abolished under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2113-11-1, it meets in the mairie of the new commune.

The council of the delegated commune is chaired by the delegated mayor.