How is Beaucaire run?
Nelson Chaudon has been mayor of Beaucaire since March 20, 2026, elected by the 33 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, CONTINUONS À FAIRE BRILLER BEAUCAIRE ! won 27 of the 33 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 60.4% of the votes. Beaucaire is part of the Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Gard and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
The council the voters chose
Seats as the March 2026 results gave them, one dot a seat.
- CONTINUONS À FAIRE BRILLER BEAUCAIRE !2714 community seats
- UNIS POUR BEAUCAIRE42 community seats
- BEAUCAIRE L'ESPRIT LIBRE21 community seat
As elected in the first round, March 15, 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 Beaucaire 17 seats on the council of the Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence (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: Nelson Chaudon · 33 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 20, 2026Nelson Chaudon
- 2Deputy mayors9 adjoints, elected by the councilMarie-France PérignonAlain GermainMarie-Hélène Filhol-FeriaudAlberto CamaioneMartine HoursAndré Cambi GourjonMireille FougasseStephane Vidal+1 more
- 3Beaucaire municipal council33 seats by listCONTINUONS À FAIRE BRILLER BEAUCAIRE ! 27 · UNIS POUR BEAUCAIRE 4 · BEAUCAIRE L'ESPRIT LIBRE 2
- 4Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'ArgenceBeaucaire holds 17 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 33 members of the Beaucaire municipal council
The mayor and 9 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson Chaudon | Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Marie-France Pérignon | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Alain Germain | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Marie-Hélène Filhol-Feriaud | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Alberto Camaione | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Martine Hours | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| André Cambi Gourjon | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Mireille Fougasse | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Stephane Vidal | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Hélène Casier | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
Show the full council (33)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson Chaudon | Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Marie-France Pérignon | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Alain Germain | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Marie-Hélène Filhol-Feriaud | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Alberto Camaione | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Martine Hours | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| André Cambi Gourjon | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Mireille Fougasse | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Stephane Vidal | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Hélène Casier | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Christophe Andre | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Blandine Asencio | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Karine Bauer | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Gilles Bienfait | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Gérard Cap de Pon | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Timothé Chaudon | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Myriam El Foulani | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Noël Gonzalez | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Christophe Guglielminotti | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jacques Hours | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Cristelle Hugounenq | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Roger Langlet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Véronique Lautier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Corinne Lechevallier Bonnin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Luc Perrin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Thierry Peyret | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Rachel Philippe | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Nicolas Pozzolini | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Yvette Rouvier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Vincent Sanchis | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Lou Segura | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Francoise Sellem | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marie-Christine Soulier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 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 Beaucaire, above.
How Beaucaire voted in March 2026
3 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
6,189 votes cast for a list
6,368 of 11,141 registered voters in Beaucaire voted.
99 blank and 80 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.
Beaucaire spends €1,783 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
Beaucaire owed €13.5M at the end of 2025, €853 per resident, higher than in 58% of compared French communes, equal to 62% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,783 | €415 | €853 | €13.5M |
| 2024 | €1,511 | €181 | €1,055 | €16.7M |
| 2023 | €2,062 | €784 | €1,259 | €19.9M |
| 2022 | €1,525 | €283 | €876 | €14.1M |
| 2021 | €1,579 | €415 | €1,029 | €16.3M |
| 2020 | €1,340 | €278 | €1,133 | €18.3M |
| 2019 | €1,496 | €334 | €904 | €14.5M |
| 2018 | €1,307 | €198 | €1,014 | €16.5M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 21st highest debt per resident of 41 communes its size
The 40 compared communes nearest in population, debt per resident at the end of 2025.
Lowest: Castanet-Tolosan, €245. Highest: Roquebrune-sur-Argens, €1,853.
Have a say in Beaucaire
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 Beaucaire 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 Beaucaire’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Beaucaire?
Nelson Chaudon, mayor since March 20, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Beaucaire have?
The Beaucaire municipal council has 33 members, the mayor and 9 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Beaucaire?
CONTINUONS À FAIRE BRILLER BEAUCAIRE !, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 60.4% of the votes; it holds 27 of the 33 seats.
What was the turnout in Beaucaire?
57.2% 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 Beaucaire?
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 Beaucaire have?
€13.5M at the end of 2025, €853 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Beaucaire part of?
Beaucaire is part of the Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence, 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.