In Caen, the council took a second round
Aristide Olivier has been mayor of Caen since March 28, 2026, elected by the 55 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, CAEN PASSIONNEMENT AVEC ARISTIDE OLIVIER won 44 of the 55 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 59.4% of the votes. Caen is part of the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Calvados and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Caen’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 9 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, CAEN PASSIONNEMENT AVEC ARISTIDE OLIVIER came first with 59.4% and took 44 of the 55 seats; the other lists share the remaining 11. Who’s in charge ↓
More debt per resident than most
Caen owed €127M at the end of 2025, €1,149 per resident: higher than in 76% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 105% of a year’s running costs. The commune’s money ↓
Results as the Interior ministry published them; accounts from the DGFiP via OFGL. Nothing here is graded.
The council the voters chose
Seats as the March 2026 results gave them, one dot a seat.
- CAEN PASSIONNEMENT AVEC ARISTIDE OLIVIER4435 community seats
- CAEN LA VILLE NOUS RASSEMBLE AVEC RUDY L'ORPHELIN75 community seats
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR CAEN !43 community seats
As elected in the second round, March 22, 2026.
The list that comes first gets half the seats; the rest are shared in proportion among the lists with 5% or more, the winner included. So the winning list always has a majority. The same vote gave Caen 43 seats on the council of the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer (community seats).
Source: Interior ministry, 2026 municipal election results (March 15 and 22), subject to corrections and appeals.
4 authorities share the work
The commune is the tier closest to residents; the intercommunality, the département and the région do the rest.
Births, marriages and deaths, the electoral roll, nursery and primary schools, local roads, planning permission, the municipal police, and what else the council takes on.
Mayor: Aristide Olivier · 55 councilors
The services its communes share: usually waste collection, economic development and planning documents; often water and local buses.
Social aid (RSA, care for older and disabled people, child protection), collèges, the département’s roads, and funding for fire and rescue.
Lycées, regional trains (TER) and coaches, economic development and job training.
Who to ask
The usual split of powers (service-public.fr); an intercommunality’s exact remit varies, so check its website for waste, water and buses.
Membership: COG 2026 (INSEE); intercommunality type: BANATIC, January 2025. What each tier does: service-public.fr.
From the mayor to the intercommunality
The officials as the Interior ministry’s register lists them, and the council by list.
- 1Mayorsince March 28, 2026Aristide Olivier
- 2Deputy mayors18 adjoints, elected by the councilAmandine GoguillonNicolas JoyauSophie SimonnetRudy NiewiadomskiNathalie BourhisBruno CoutanceauCécile CottenceauLudwig Willaume+10 more
- 3Caen municipal council55 seats by listCAEN PASSIONNEMENT AVEC ARISTIDE OLIVIER 44 · CAEN LA VILLE NOUS RASSEMBLE AVEC RUDY L'ORPHELIN 7 · FAIRE MIEUX POUR CAEN ! 4
- 4Communauté urbaine Caen la MerCaen holds 43 seatsCommunity councilors are drawn from the council lists in the same vote.
Source: Interior ministry, national register of elected officials (RNE), August 11, 2026.
The 55 members of the Caen municipal council
The mayor and 18 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Aristide Olivier | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Amandine Goguillon | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nicolas Joyau | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sophie Simonnet | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Rudy Niewiadomski | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nathalie Bourhis | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Bruno Coutanceau | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Cécile Cottenceau | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Ludwig Willaume | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Camille Vernet | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sébastien Duval Rocher | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Stéphanie Guillou | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Gérard Hurelle | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Katarina Collas | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Patrick Nicolle | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Clémentine Manca | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nicolas Escach | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Azilis Ladjadj | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Michel Le Lan | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
Show the full council (55)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Aristide Olivier | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Amandine Goguillon | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nicolas Joyau | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sophie Simonnet | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Rudy Niewiadomski | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nathalie Bourhis | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Bruno Coutanceau | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Cécile Cottenceau | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Ludwig Willaume | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Camille Vernet | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sébastien Duval Rocher | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Stéphanie Guillou | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Gérard Hurelle | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Katarina Collas | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Patrick Nicolle | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Clémentine Manca | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nicolas Escach | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Azilis Ladjadj | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Michel Le Lan | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Fabien Achard de Leluardière | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Virginie Avice | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marie Bachet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Brigitte Barillon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alexandra Beldjoudi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Maxime Benatouil | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Allan Bertu | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Olga Boubet-Furaha | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Joël Bruneau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Benjamin Campos | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Virginie Cronier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sonia de La Provôté | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Véronique Debelle | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Arthur Delaporte | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Martine Denis | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nathalie Doyonnard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Dominique Duval | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Emma Fourreau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Aurélien Guidi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Béatrice Guigues | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Théophile Kanza Mia Diyeka | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Rudy L'Orphelin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Aline Lebret | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Aude Lhermenier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marc Millet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Claire Paumier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Claire Peltier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pascal Pimont | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Grégory Pinsard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jérôme Quéré | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Emmanuel Renard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Émilie Rochefort | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Morgan Taillebosq | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Tiziano Tamion | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Claude Varin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Corinne Villechalane | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
Names and offices as the Interior ministry’s national register of elected officials (RNE) published them on August 11, 2026, written as it writes them. Public role only. Later resignations and replacements aren’t shown.
The council: same source as Who represents Caen, above.
How Caen voted in March 2026
9 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
30,728 votes cast for a list
31,371 of 60,708 registered voters in Caen voted.
392 blank and 251 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
33,123 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
33,560 of 60,714 registered voters in Caen voted.
246 blank and 191 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
Turnout, first round · March 15, 2026
Shares are of the votes cast for a list, leaving out blank and spoilt ballots. Lists in vote order; the colors only tell the lists apart.
2026 elections: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Caen spends €1,442 per resident a year
The commune’s consolidated accounts: main and annexed budgets, transfers between them removed.
Per resident, 2025 · against compared communes
Spending and debt per resident, 2018 to 2025
Caen owed €127M at the end of 2025, €1,149 per resident, higher than in 76% of compared French communes, equal to 105% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,442 | €351 | €1,149 | €127M |
| 2024 | €1,516 | €460 | €1,155 | €127.5M |
| 2023 | €1,325 | €312 | €1,029 | €112.6M |
| 2022 | €1,236 | €297 | €1,028 | €111.4M |
| 2021 | €1,206 | €294 | €1,048 | €112.8M |
| 2020 | €1,188 | €281 | €1,004 | €108M |
| 2019 | €1,288 | €367 | €950 | €103.1M |
| 2018 | €1,266 | €302 | €964 | €105.4M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 19th lowest debt per resident of 41 communes its size
The 40 compared communes nearest in population, debt per resident at the end of 2025.
Lowest: Brest, €234. Highest: Argenteuil, €3,303.
Have a say in Caen
French citizens register online or at the town hall; citizens of other EU countries can vote in municipal elections too.
service-public.fr ↗See where you’re registered and which polling station is yours.
service-public.fr ↗Council meetings are public; the agenda and minutes are posted at the town hall and usually on its website.
service-public.fr ↗Opening hours, address and phone number of the mairie of Caen in the public services directory.
lannuaire.service-public.fr ↗Who can stand, how lists are formed and the deadlines, from the Interior ministry.
interieur.gouv.fr ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Mayors and councilors. From the Interior ministry’s national register of elected officials (RNE) as published on August 11, 2026: name, office and start dates, nothing else. The register counts a mayor as a councilor too; the page counts each person once. It isn’t a live roll: resignations and replacements after that date aren’t shown, and no party is inferred for any official.
- How the council is elected. Since March 2026 every commune elects its council from lists (a 2025 law extended list voting to communes under 1,000). A list with more than half the votes in the first round wins; otherwise lists with 10% or more can go on to a second round, where the list ahead wins. It gets half the seats, and the rest are shared in proportion among lists with 5% or more. The council then elects the mayor and the deputy mayors.
- The label beside a list. The political nuance the prefecture gave the list for the ministry’s results (Divers droite, Union de la gauche…), shown as published. It isn’t the list’s own description; many lists, most in small communes, have none.
- The commune’s money. OFGL’s consolidated accounts from the DGFiP, 2018 to 2025; 2025 is provisional. Spending and investment leave out loan repayments; running costs are part of spending. Debt is what was owed at the end of the year.
- Per resident. Divided by the DGFiP’s population for that year (population totale, which counts some people, such as boarding students, in two communes), so it can differ from the census figure elsewhere on the site.
- The medians. Beside the town’s figure, the median of compared communes in its département and in France (those with an overall grade). A commune’s spending follows its size and its role: one that runs a pool or a theater for the villages around it spends more per resident.
Questions about Caen’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Caen?
Aristide Olivier, mayor since March 28, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Caen have?
The Caen municipal council has 55 members, the mayor and 18 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Caen?
CAEN PASSIONNEMENT AVEC ARISTIDE OLIVIER, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 59.4% of the votes; it holds 44 of the 55 seats.
What was the turnout in Caen?
55.3% of registered voters voted in the first round on March 15, 2026; the median of compared French communes was 57.4%.
When are the next municipal elections in Caen?
Councils are elected for six years, so the next general municipal elections are due in March 2032. A council can be re-elected sooner if it loses too many members.
How much debt does Caen have?
€127M at the end of 2025, €1,149 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Caen part of?
Caen is part of the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer, which runs the services its communes share.
Sources: Interior ministry RNE, August 11, 2026 · Interior ministry, municipal results 2026 · OFGL consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 · INSEE COG 2026 and BANATIC (January 2025) for the intercommunality. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.