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 provisions are not contrary to those of this Chapter.
In the absence of the municipal council, the municipal commission provided for in article L. 2114-2 validly formulates its opinion.