Photo: Sylvain Machefert · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Pessac run?
Franck Raynal has been mayor of Pessac since March 27, 2026, elected by the 49 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, AVEC FRANCK RAYNAL, FIERS D'ÊTRE PESSACAIS won 37 of the 49 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 50.3% of the votes. Pessac 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.
The council the voters chose
Seats as the March 2026 results gave them, one dot a seat.
- AVEC FRANCK RAYNAL, FIERS D'ÊTRE PESSACAIS376 community seats
- PESSAC ENSEMBLE102 community seats
- Unis pour Pessac20 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 Pessac 8 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: Franck Raynal · 49 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, 2026Franck Raynal
- 2Deputy mayors14 adjoints, elected by the councilPascale PavoneNaji YahmdiSylvie VieuEmmanuel MagèsEdith DumartinJérémie LandreauMargot DécoryLudovic Bideau+6 more
- 3Pessac municipal council49 seats by listAVEC FRANCK RAYNAL, FIERS D'ÊTRE PESSACAIS 37 · PESSAC ENSEMBLE 10 · Unis pour Pessac 2
- 4Bordeaux MétropolePessac holds 8 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 49 members of the Pessac municipal council
The mayor and 14 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Franck Raynal | Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Pascale Pavone | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Naji Yahmdi | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Sylvie Vieu | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Emmanuel Magès | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Edith Dumartin | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Jérémie Landreau | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Margot Décory | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Ludovic Bideau | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Delphine Sabatey | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Fabien Leroy | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Isabelle Rigaud | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Marc Gatti | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Valérie Bernede | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Jean-Philippe Laville | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
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| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Franck Raynal | Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Pascale Pavone | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Naji Yahmdi | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Sylvie Vieu | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Emmanuel Magès | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Edith Dumartin | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Jérémie Landreau | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Margot Décory | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Ludovic Bideau | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Delphine Sabatey | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Fabien Leroy | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Isabelle Rigaud | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Marc Gatti | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Valérie Bernede | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Jean-Philippe Laville | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Marion Albany | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Najat Azmy | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Fatima Bizine | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Florence Bougault | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Didier Boulot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Fatiha Bozdag | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylvie Bridier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marina Carlotti | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Véronique Carlotti | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Christian Chareyre | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Bérangère Couillard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Laure Curvale | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hadiza Garba | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Benoit Grange | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-François Grèzes | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Romuald Labat | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Lucas Lacarriere | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Philippe Lagouarde | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nolwenn Lecame | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Zeineb Lounici | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nathalie Lozach | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Bruno Marchessou | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphane Mari | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Maud Mathieu-Chaigneau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Philippe Monterat | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Dominique Moussours-Eyrolles | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Céline Nikitine | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Cem Oruc | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alain Pariente | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Benoît Rautureau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Michaël Ristic | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Philippe Robak | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sébastien Saint-Pasteur | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Gladys Thiebault | 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 Pessac, above.
How Pessac voted in March 2026
6 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
22,986 votes cast for a list
23,528 of 44,324 registered voters in Pessac voted.
301 blank and 241 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
24,299 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
24,638 of 44,310 registered voters in Pessac voted.
213 blank and 126 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.
Pessac spends €1,332 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
Pessac owed €44.4M at the end of 2025, €656 per resident, lower than in 58% of compared French communes, equal to 76% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,332 | €466 | €656 | €44.4M |
| 2024 | €1,414 | €548 | €456 | €30.8M |
| 2023 | €1,090 | €241 | €153 | €10.2M |
| 2022 | €955 | €145 | €174 | €11.5M |
| 2021 | €963 | €165 | €197 | €12.8M |
| 2020 | €940 | €179 | €219 | €14.1M |
| 2019 | €1,091 | €292 | €245 | €15.4M |
| 2018 | €1,042 | €255 | €287 | €17.9M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 4th 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: Issy-les-Moulineaux, €225. Highest: Levallois-Perret, €3,685.
Have a say in Pessac
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 Pessac 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 Pessac’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Pessac?
Franck Raynal, mayor since March 27, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Pessac have?
The Pessac municipal council has 49 members, the mayor and 14 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Pessac?
AVEC FRANCK RAYNAL, FIERS D'ÊTRE PESSACAIS, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 50.3% of the votes; it holds 37 of the 49 seats.
What was the turnout in Pessac?
55.6% 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 Pessac?
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 Pessac have?
€44.4M at the end of 2025, €656 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Pessac part of?
Pessac 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.