Photo: Sigismond Michalowski · CC BY-SA 4.0Rennes carries more debt per resident than 82% of compared communes
Nathalie Appéré has been mayor of Rennes since March 22, 2026, elected by the 61 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, RENNES SOLIDAIRE won 44 of the 61 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 43.8% of the votes. Rennes is part of the Rennes Métropole.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Ille-et-Vilaine and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Rennes’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, RENNES SOLIDAIRE came first with 43.8% and took 44 of the 61 seats; the other lists share the remaining 17. Who’s in charge ↓
More debt per resident than most
Rennes owed €301.1M at the end of 2025, €1,298 per resident: higher than in 82% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 93% 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.
- RENNES SOLIDAIRE4435 community seats
- VIVRE RENNES AVEC CHARLES COMPAGNON119 community seats
- FAIRE MIEUX POUR RENNES, UNION POPULAIRE ET ÉCOLOGISTE64 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 Rennes 48 seats on the council of the Rennes 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: Nathalie Appéré · 61 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 22, 2026Nathalie Appéré
- 2Deputy mayors23 adjoints, elected by the councilMarc HervéGaëlle RougierDavid TraversRozenn AndroChristophe FouillèreLénaïc BrièroYannick NadesanLucile Koch+15 more
- 3Rennes municipal council61 seats by listRENNES SOLIDAIRE 44 · VIVRE RENNES AVEC CHARLES COMPAGNON 11 · FAIRE MIEUX POUR RENNES, UNION POPULAIRE ET ÉCOLOGISTE 6
- 4Rennes MétropoleRennes holds 48 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 61 members of the Rennes municipal council
The mayor and 23 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Nathalie Appéré | Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Marc Hervé | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Gaëlle Rougier | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| David Travers | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Rozenn Andro | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Christophe Fouillère | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Lénaïc Brièro | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Yannick Nadesan | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Lucile Koch | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Léo Beaufils | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Nadira Dera Illa Salifou | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Matthieu Theurier | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Selene Tonon | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Romain Poujol | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Charline Birault Souchez | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Cyrille Morel | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Valérie Kerauffret | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Sébastien Sémeril | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Isabelle Pellerin | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Patrice Depeige | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Cécile Papillion | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-François Monnier | 21ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Béatrice Hakni-Robin | 22ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Didier Le Bougeant | 23ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
Show the full council (61)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Nathalie Appéré | Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Marc Hervé | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Gaëlle Rougier | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| David Travers | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Rozenn Andro | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Christophe Fouillère | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Lénaïc Brièro | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Yannick Nadesan | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Lucile Koch | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Léo Beaufils | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Nadira Dera Illa Salifou | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Matthieu Theurier | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Selene Tonon | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Romain Poujol | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Charline Birault Souchez | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Cyrille Morel | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Valérie Kerauffret | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Sébastien Sémeril | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Isabelle Pellerin | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Patrice Depeige | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Cécile Papillion | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-François Monnier | 21ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Béatrice Hakni-Robin | 22ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Didier Le Bougeant | 23ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Justin Amiot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Louis Amiot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Assia Aïch | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Victor Bayard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Didier Benoist | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nicolas Boucher | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Flavie Boukhenoufa | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Ludovic Brossard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Montserrat Casacuberta Palmada | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Didier Chapellon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Charles Compagnon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Brigitte Compain | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Antoine Cressard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Xavier Desmots | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Amélie Dhalluin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Laurence Duffaud | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Valérie Faucheux | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Emmanuelle Fraslin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Carole Gandon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Typhaine Grignard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Matthieu Groseil | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Lucien Guénin--Queyrard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Régine Komokoli | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hélène Le Borgne | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Joëlle Le Gall | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jelle Lemaitre | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Maud Lénée-Corrèze | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marie Mesmeur | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Gabriel Montabord | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Raymond Paulet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Honoré Puil | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Olivier Roullier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Henri-Noël Ruiz | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Myriam Sahbi Tollemer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Claire Sonnet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Arnaud Stephan | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Priscilla Zamord | 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 Rennes, above.
How Rennes voted in March 2026
11 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
72,942 votes cast for a list
74,242 of 128,996 registered voters in Rennes voted.
750 blank and 550 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
73,997 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
75,177 of 128,988 registered voters in Rennes voted.
713 blank and 467 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.
Rennes spends €1,726 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
Rennes owed €301.1M at the end of 2025, €1,298 per resident, higher than in 82% of compared French communes, equal to 93% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,726 | €324 | €1,298 | €301.1M |
| 2024 | €1,725 | €289 | €1,231 | €282.1M |
| 2023 | €1,724 | €339 | €1,241 | €281.3M |
| 2022 | €1,667 | €346 | €1,205 | €270.7M |
| 2021 | €1,674 | €388 | €1,167 | €259M |
| 2020 | €1,576 | €356 | €1,053 | €232.6M |
| 2019 | €1,599 | €365 | €945 | €209.9M |
| 2018 | €1,485 | €302 | €807 | €178.6M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 15th 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 Rennes
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 Rennes 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 Rennes’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Rennes?
Nathalie Appéré, mayor since March 22, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Rennes have?
The Rennes municipal council has 61 members, the mayor and 23 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Rennes?
RENNES SOLIDAIRE, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 43.8% of the votes; it holds 44 of the 61 seats.
What was the turnout in Rennes?
58.3% 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 Rennes?
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 Rennes have?
€301.1M at the end of 2025, €1,298 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Rennes part of?
Rennes is part of the Rennes 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.