Bordeaux carries more debt per resident than 89% of compared communes
Thomas Cazenave has been mayor of Bordeaux since March 27, 2026, elected by the 65 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, Faire Gagner Bordeaux won 49 of the 65 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 51% of the votes. Bordeaux is part of the Bordeaux Métropole.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Gironde and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Bordeaux’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 11 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, Faire Gagner Bordeaux came first with 51% and took 49 of the 65 seats; the other lists share the remaining 16. Who’s in charge ↓
More debt per resident than most
Bordeaux owed €413M at the end of 2025, €1,536 per resident: higher than in 89% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 112% 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.
- Faire Gagner Bordeaux4926 community seats
- BORDEAUX EN CONFIANCE168 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 Bordeaux 34 seats on the council of the Bordeaux Métropole (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: Thomas Cazenave · 65 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 27, 2026Thomas Cazenave
- 2Deputy mayors22 adjoints, elected by the councilAlexandra SiarriJean Francois CledelGéraldine AmourouxChristophe AdamNathalie Bois HuyguePierre De Gaétan NjikamAnne FahmyFabien Robert+14 more
- 3Bordeaux municipal council65 seats by listFaire Gagner Bordeaux 49 · BORDEAUX EN CONFIANCE 16
- 4Bordeaux MétropoleBordeaux holds 34 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 65 members of the Bordeaux municipal council
The mayor and 22 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Cazenave | Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Alexandra Siarri | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Jean Francois Cledel | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Géraldine Amouroux | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Christophe Adam | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Nathalie Bois Huygue | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Pierre De Gaétan Njikam | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Anne Fahmy | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Fabien Robert | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Ariane Van Ghelue | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Louis Fleury | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Laurence Navailles | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Ludovic Bousquet | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Véronique Juramy | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Marc Lafosse | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Catherine Fabre | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Mayeul L Huillier | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Chantal Bergey | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Gerald Carmona | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Hélène Jacquet | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Boubacar Seck | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Ariane Ary | 21ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Luc Pascal | 22ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
Show the full council (65)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Cazenave | Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Alexandra Siarri | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Jean Francois Cledel | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Géraldine Amouroux | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Christophe Adam | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Nathalie Bois Huygue | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Pierre De Gaétan Njikam | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Anne Fahmy | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Fabien Robert | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Ariane Van Ghelue | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Louis Fleury | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Laurence Navailles | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Ludovic Bousquet | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Véronique Juramy | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Marc Lafosse | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Catherine Fabre | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Mayeul L Huillier | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Chantal Bergey | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Gerald Carmona | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Hélène Jacquet | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Boubacar Seck | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Ariane Ary | 21ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Luc Pascal | 22ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Aziza Agourri | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Dimitri Allicar | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pascal Appanah | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Agnes Barokel | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Christophe Bibes | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Claudine Bichet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pascale Bousquet-Pitt | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Dimitri Boutleux | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Olivier Cazaux | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Anne-Laure Chazeau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Camille Choplin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Linon Cier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Laure Compeyrot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Yohan David | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Paul Dionis du Sejour | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sandrine Dunoyer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Olivier Escots | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hélène Florian | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Claire Fradin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Lionel Grossmann | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mathieu Hazouard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pierre Hurmic | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Didier Jeanjean | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marcel Kapfer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Florence Lamarque | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Yana Langlois | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Fannie Le Boulanger | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Johnny Lebeaupin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Harmonie Lecerf Meunier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alexandra Martin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Baptiste Maurin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alice Mounier-Estay | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Karine Nubret | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Eric Ozoux | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Céline Papin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Patrice Pecqueur | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphane Pfeiffer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nadia Rodriguez | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Béatrice Sabouret | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hugues Saint Georges | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Ousmane Sary | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Georges Simon | 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 Bordeaux, above.
How Bordeaux voted in March 2026
11 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
96,201 votes cast for a list
99,290 of 174,176 registered voters in Bordeaux voted.
2,035 blank and 1,054 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
100,155 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
101,141 of 174,137 registered voters in Bordeaux voted.
632 blank and 354 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.
Bordeaux spends €1,878 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
Bordeaux owed €413M at the end of 2025, €1,536 per resident, higher than in 89% of compared French communes, equal to 112% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,878 | €506 | €1,536 | €413M |
| 2024 | €1,902 | €537 | €1,341 | €355.7M |
| 2023 | €1,687 | €343 | €1,102 | €290M |
| 2022 | €1,643 | €435 | €1,120 | €295.9M |
| 2021 | €1,612 | €436 | €1,088 | €283.3M |
| 2020 | €1,497 | €336 | €1,051 | €271M |
| 2019 | €1,466 | €318 | €985 | €252.3M |
| 2018 | €1,462 | €321 | €1,003 | €254.6M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 8th 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: Brest, €234. Highest: Argenteuil, €3,303.
Have a say in Bordeaux
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 Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Bordeaux?
Thomas Cazenave, mayor since March 27, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Bordeaux have?
The Bordeaux municipal council has 65 members, the mayor and 22 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Bordeaux?
Faire Gagner Bordeaux, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 51% of the votes; it holds 49 of the 65 seats.
What was the turnout in Bordeaux?
58.1% 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 Bordeaux?
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 Bordeaux have?
€413M at the end of 2025, €1,536 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Bordeaux part of?
Bordeaux is part of the Bordeaux Métropole, 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.