In Colmar, turnout was lower than in 89% of compared French communes
Eric Straumann has been mayor of Colmar since March 28, 2026, elected by the 49 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, ERIC STRAUMANN, VOTRE MAIRE won 34 of the 49 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 37.7% of the votes. Colmar is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Haut-Rhin and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Colmar’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 7 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, ERIC STRAUMANN, VOTRE MAIRE came first with 37.7% and took 34 of the 49 seats; the other lists share the remaining 15. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
45.2% of registered voters in Colmar voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 89% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Haut-Rhin was 48.1%; 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.
- ERIC STRAUMANN, VOTRE MAIRE3421 community seats
- Fiers d'être Colmariens85 community seats
- VIVRE COLMAR CONSTRUISONS UNE VILLE VERTE, DYNAMIQUE ET SOLIDAIRE42 community seats
- POUR COLMAR 202632 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 Colmar 30 seats on the council of the Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération (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: Eric Straumann · 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 28, 2026Eric Straumann
- 2Deputy mayors14 adjoints, elected by the councilOdile Uhlrich-MalletPascal SalaNathalie PrunierChristian MeistermannChristine Laissue-StravopodisBarbaros MutluCécile TheveninEric Loesch+6 more
- 3Colmar municipal council49 seats by listERIC STRAUMANN, VOTRE MAIRE 34 · Fiers d'être Colmariens 8 · VIVRE COLMAR CONSTRUISONS UNE VILLE VERTE, DYNAMIQUE ET SOLIDAIRE 4 · POUR COLMAR 2026 3
- 4Communauté d'agglomération Colmar AgglomérationColmar holds 30 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 Colmar municipal council
The mayor and 14 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Straumann | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Odile Uhlrich-Mallet | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Pascal Sala | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nathalie Prunier | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Christian Meistermann | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Christine Laissue-Stravopodis | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Barbaros Mutlu | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Cécile Thevenin | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Eric Loesch | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Fréderique Schwob | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Olivier Zinck | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Claudine Mathis | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Michel Spitz | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Emmanuella Rossi | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Alain Ramdani | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
Show the full council (49)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Straumann | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Odile Uhlrich-Mallet | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Pascal Sala | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nathalie Prunier | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Christian Meistermann | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Christine Laissue-Stravopodis | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Barbaros Mutlu | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Cécile Thevenin | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Eric Loesch | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Fréderique Schwob | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Olivier Zinck | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Claudine Mathis | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Michel Spitz | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Emmanuella Rossi | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Alain Ramdani | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Nathalie Aubert | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Marc Bernaud | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hélène Bulle | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Dominique Butterlin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-François Cerfon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Claudia Chatelus | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Laurent Denzer-Figue | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Tristan Denéchaud | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Léna Duman | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Yann Durriere | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Fabien Eymas | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Monique Fritsch | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Isabelle Fuhrmann | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Claudine Ganter | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Bernard Gerber | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Céline Golly | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jérôme Guison | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Yves Hemedinger | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Frédéric Hilbert | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Cindy Hueber | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Patricia Keller | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alain Kott | Conseiller municipal | March 25, 2026 |
| Annie Lemire | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marie-Etiennette Lerolle | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Kevin Martin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nora Ouissi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Aurore Reinbold | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Wilhelmine Robert | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Olivier Roth | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Caroline Sanchez | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Ossama Tikradi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pascal Weill | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Adrien Wild | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sandrine Wybrecht | 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 Colmar, above.
How Colmar voted in March 2026
7 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
19,426 votes cast for a list
19,872 of 43,737 registered voters in Colmar voted.
227 blank and 219 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
19,387 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
19,778 of 43,718 registered voters in Colmar voted.
226 blank and 165 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.
Colmar spends €1,814 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
Colmar owed €45.4M at the end of 2025, €664 per resident, lower than in 57% of compared French communes, equal to 53% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,814 | €554 | €664 | €45.4M |
| 2024 | €1,695 | €516 | €770 | €52.9M |
| 2023 | €1,633 | €506 | €871 | €60.5M |
| 2022 | €1,478 | €411 | €964 | €67.2M |
| 2021 | €1,382 | €371 | €1,009 | €70.4M |
| 2020 | €1,348 | €355 | €998 | €70M |
| 2019 | €1,662 | €655 | €1,002 | €71.6M |
| 2018 | €1,518 | €504 | €1,007 | €72.3M |
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: Issy-les-Moulineaux, €225. Highest: Levallois-Perret, €3,685.
Have a say in Colmar
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 Colmar 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 Colmar’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Colmar?
Eric Straumann, mayor since March 28, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Colmar have?
The Colmar municipal council has 49 members, the mayor and 14 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Colmar?
ERIC STRAUMANN, VOTRE MAIRE, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 37.7% of the votes; it holds 34 of the 49 seats.
What was the turnout in Colmar?
45.2% 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 Colmar?
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 Colmar have?
€45.4M at the end of 2025, €664 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Colmar part of?
Colmar is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération, 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.