Mana carries less debt per resident than 98% of compared communes
Albéric Benth has been mayor of Mana since March 27, 2026, elected by the 33 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, MANA DEMAIN won 25 of the 33 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 51.3% of the votes. Mana is part of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the France median is the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade); none in this département is compared.
What stands out about Mana’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 3 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, MANA DEMAIN came first with 51.3% and took 25 of the 33 seats; the other lists share the remaining 8. Who’s in charge ↓
Less debt per resident than most
Mana owed €370K at the end of 2025, €32 per resident: lower than in 98% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 3% of a year’s running costs. The commune’s money ↓
A big year for investment
Mana invested €681 per resident (buildings, roads, equipment), 35% of its spending: higher than in 81% of compared French communes (France median €403). Investment swings from year to year with projects. 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.
- MANA DEMAIN254 community seats
- NOUVEL ELAN MANANAIS81 community seat
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 Mana 5 seats on the council of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais (community seats).
Source: Interior ministry, 2026 municipal election results (March 15 and 22), subject to corrections and appeals.
3 authorities share the work
In French Guiana one territorial authority does the work of both the département and the région.
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: Albéric Benth · 33 councilors
The services its communes share: usually waste collection, economic development and planning documents; often water and local buses.
Everything the département and the région do elsewhere: social aid, collèges, lycées, roads, regional transport and the economy.
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, 2026Albéric Benth
- 2Deputy mayors9 adjoints, elected by the councilArlene BourguignonKio Alphonse SiongAdelien Joan LinoFrançois Calixte AlphonseKia SiongDaniel MemeMarie-Noelle ZulemieSteve Stilien+1 more
- 3Mana municipal council33 seats by listMANA DEMAIN 25 · NOUVEL ELAN MANANAIS 8
- 4Communauté de communes de l'Ouest GuyanaisMana holds 5 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 Mana municipal council
The mayor and 9 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Albéric Benth | Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Arlene Bourguignon | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Kio Alphonse Siong | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Adelien Joan Lino | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| François Calixte Alphonse | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Kia Siong | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Daniel Meme | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Marie-Noelle Zulemie | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Steve Stilien | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Dysmutsha Dyon | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
Show the full council (33)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Albéric Benth | Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Arlene Bourguignon | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Kio Alphonse Siong | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Adelien Joan Lino | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| François Calixte Alphonse | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Kia Siong | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Daniel Meme | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Marie-Noelle Zulemie | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Steve Stilien | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Dysmutsha Dyon | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Clerens Ajintoena | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Clarisse Ansoe Ép Tareau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Joseline Bacoul | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Amenda Bron | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Emile Cibrelus | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alison Guillaume | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Corinne Paulette Huerta Épse Darly | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Luc Jacques | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Claude Cyriaque Jadfard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Randolphe Patrick Jadfard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Shereza Jubitana | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stefano Kana | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Franck Gaston Paul Kauffmann | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Reagan Koempai | Conseiller municipal | March 27, 2026 |
| Davina Jessica Lucie Lancreot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphène Patient | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Steeve Pavant | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Ryan Persaud | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Johanna Raafenberg | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jennifer Sabajo Épse Frederic | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Christiana Tiouka | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Tchoua Ya | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Yufeng Ya | 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 Mana, above.
How Mana voted in March 2026
3 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
2,324 votes cast for a list
2,343 of 3,375 registered voters in Mana voted.
9 blank and 10 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
1,929 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
1,970 of 3,370 registered voters in Mana voted.
17 blank and 24 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.
Mana spends €1,942 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
Mana owed €370K at the end of 2025, €32 per resident, lower than in 98% of compared French communes, equal to 3% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,942 | €681 | €32 | €370K |
| 2024 | €1,421 | €262 | €42 | €499K |
| 2023 | €1,334 | €148 | €55 | €642K |
| 2022 | €1,359 | €287 | €84 | €993K |
| 2021 | €1,304 | €241 | €118 | €1.3M |
| 2020 | €1,104 | €85 | €153 | €1.7M |
| 2019 | €1,186 | €170 | €190 | €2M |
| 2018 | €1,143 | €123 | €229 | €2.4M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 5th 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: Tinqueux, €0. Highest: Arcachon, €3,805.
Have a say in Mana
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 Mana 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 Mana’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Mana?
Albéric Benth, mayor since March 27, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Mana have?
The Mana municipal council has 33 members, the mayor and 9 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Mana?
MANA DEMAIN, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 51.3% of the votes; it holds 25 of the 33 seats.
What was the turnout in Mana?
58.5% 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 Mana?
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 Mana have?
€370K at the end of 2025, €32 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Mana part of?
Mana is part of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais, 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.