The electoral colleges empowered to appoint the representatives of the communes are constituted as follows:
a) The communes with a population below the commune average for the département have 40% of the number of seats set by the decree mentioned in article R. 5211-19 for communes;
b) The five most populous communes have a number of seats representing 20%, 30% or 40% of that set by the decree mentioned in article R. 5211-19 for the communes, depending on whether the communes concerned represent less than 25%, between 25% and 40% or more than 40% of the population of all the communes in the department;
c) The balance of the seats is provided by the other communes in the department.
The number of seats thus obtained is rounded off to the nearest whole number.