Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 3.0In Gujan-Mestras, the council took a second round
Xavier Paris has been mayor of Gujan-Mestras since March 28, 2026, elected by the 35 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, GUJAN-MESTRAS à COEUR won 26 of the 35 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 45.6% of the votes. Gujan-Mestras is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud (COBAS).
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 Gujan-Mestras’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 5 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, GUJAN-MESTRAS à COEUR came first with 45.6% and took 26 of the 35 seats; the other lists share the remaining 9. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout above most communes
61.4% of registered voters in Gujan-Mestras voted on March 15, 2026: higher than in 69% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Gironde was 59.5%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
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.
- GUJAN-MESTRAS à COEUR2611 community seats
- NATURELLEMENT CHAUVET AGIR POUR GUJAN-MESTRAS62 community seats
- RASSEMBLONS-NOUS POUR AGIR21 community seat
- Liste citoyenne Gujan-Mestras 202610 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 Gujan-Mestras 14 seats on the council of the Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud (COBAS) (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: Xavier Paris · 35 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, 2026Xavier Paris
- 2Deputy mayors10 adjoints, elected by the councilMagdalena RuizAndré MoustiéFabienne LeheudéPatrick LabrueIsabelle GandonBernard CollinetClaude Benoit BalaguerDavid Deligey+2 more
- 3Gujan-Mestras municipal council35 seats by listGUJAN-MESTRAS à COEUR 26 · NATURELLEMENT CHAUVET AGIR POUR GUJAN-MESTRAS 6 · RASSEMBLONS-NOUS POUR AGIR 2 · Liste citoyenne Gujan-Mestras 2026 1
- 4Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud (COBAS)Gujan-Mestras holds 14 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 35 members of the Gujan-Mestras municipal council
The mayor and 10 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Xavier Paris | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Magdalena Ruiz | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| André Moustié | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Fabienne Leheudé | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Patrick Labrue | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Isabelle Gandon | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Bernard Collinet | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Claude Benoit Balaguer | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| David Deligey | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Lucile Peyré | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Ludovic Ducourau | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
Show the full council (35)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Xavier Paris | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Magdalena Ruiz | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| André Moustié | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Fabienne Leheudé | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Patrick Labrue | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Isabelle Gandon | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Bernard Collinet | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Claude Benoit Balaguer | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| David Deligey | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Lucile Peyré | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Ludovic Ducourau | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sylvie Bansard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Catherine Billard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Elodie Chaudron | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jacques Chauvet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Carol Combecave | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Chantal Dabé | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jérémy Dupouy | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Cédric François | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Corinne Gautiez | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Jacques Germaneau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Anne Gonzales-Elissalde | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mélanie Jean-Jean | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jérôme Keddah | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Maxime Kheloufi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Kévin Langlade | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pierrick Leopold | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Christiane Mouls | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphan Pey | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Chantal Rieger | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jérôme Rousset | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Paquito Sanchez | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Carole Taïb | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Maïder Vignolles-Tresserres | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Fabrice Weber | 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 Gujan-Mestras, above.
How Gujan-Mestras voted in March 2026
5 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
11,012 votes cast for a list
11,206 of 19,046 registered voters in Gujan-Mestras voted.
84 blank and 110 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
11,499 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
11,682 of 19,043 registered voters in Gujan-Mestras voted.
83 blank and 100 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.
Gujan-Mestras spends €1,488 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
Gujan-Mestras owed €15.2M at the end of 2025, €658 per resident, lower than in 58% of compared French communes, equal to 60% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,488 | €394 | €658 | €15.2M |
| 2024 | €1,440 | €370 | €648 | €14.8M |
| 2023 | €1,670 | €630 | €699 | €15.7M |
| 2022 | €1,330 | €379 | €950 | €21.2M |
| 2021 | €1,213 | €281 | €659 | €14.5M |
| 2020 | €1,156 | €238 | €680 | €14.7M |
| 2019 | €1,386 | €431 | €772 | €16.6M |
| 2018 | €1,213 | €266 | €791 | €16.9M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 17th 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: Sèvres, €121. Highest: Dax, €1,974.
Have a say in Gujan-Mestras
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 Gujan-Mestras 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 Gujan-Mestras’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Gujan-Mestras?
Xavier Paris, mayor since March 28, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Gujan-Mestras have?
The Gujan-Mestras municipal council has 35 members, the mayor and 10 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Gujan-Mestras?
GUJAN-MESTRAS à COEUR, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 45.6% of the votes; it holds 26 of the 35 seats.
What was the turnout in Gujan-Mestras?
61.4% 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 Gujan-Mestras?
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 Gujan-Mestras have?
€15.2M at the end of 2025, €658 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Gujan-Mestras part of?
Gujan-Mestras is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud (COBAS), 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.