Grenoble carries more debt per resident than 95% of compared communes
Laurence Ruffin has been mayor of Grenoble since March 27, 2026, elected by the 59 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, OUI GRENOBLE won 46 of the 59 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 56.6% of the votes. Grenoble is part of the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Isère and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Grenoble’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 10 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, OUI GRENOBLE came first with 56.6% and took 46 of the 59 seats; the other lists share the remaining 13. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout above most communes
60.7% of registered voters in Grenoble voted on March 15, 2026: higher than in 65% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Isère was 54.9%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
More debt per resident than most
Grenoble owed €308.9M at the end of 2025, €1,948 per resident: higher than in 95% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 109% 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.
- OUI GRENOBLE4627 community seats
- Réconcilier Grenoble137 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 Grenoble 34 seats on the council of the Grenoble-Alpes-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: Laurence Ruffin · 59 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, 2026Laurence Ruffin
- 2Deputy mayors21 adjoints, elected by the councilAbdelwaheb KismouneAmandine GermainAlexis MongeLéonie MarcouxMehdi TadjineChloé PantelLuis Beltran-LopezCécile Cenatiempo+13 more
- 3Grenoble municipal council59 seats by listOUI GRENOBLE 46 · Réconcilier Grenoble 13
- 4Grenoble-Alpes-MétropoleGrenoble holds 34 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 59 members of the Grenoble municipal council
The mayor and 21 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Laurence Ruffin | Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Abdelwaheb Kismoune | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Amandine Germain | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Alexis Monge | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Léonie Marcoux | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Mehdi Tadjine | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Chloé Pantel | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Luis Beltran-Lopez | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Cécile Cenatiempo | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Gaëtan Monot | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Isabelle Peters | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Gilles Namur | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Kheira Capdepon | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Karim Sellami | 13ème adjoint au Maire | May 26, 2026 |
| Laurette Rimet-Meille | 14ème adjoint au Maire | May 26, 2026 |
| Nicolas Kada | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Céline Deslattes | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Antoine Back | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Michelle Sy | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Vincent Berlandis | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Meriem Naili | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Lény Moulin | 21ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
Show the full council (59)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Laurence Ruffin | Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Abdelwaheb Kismoune | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Amandine Germain | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Alexis Monge | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Léonie Marcoux | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Mehdi Tadjine | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Chloé Pantel | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Luis Beltran-Lopez | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Cécile Cenatiempo | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Gaëtan Monot | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Isabelle Peters | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Gilles Namur | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Kheira Capdepon | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Karim Sellami | 13ème adjoint au Maire | May 26, 2026 |
| Laurette Rimet-Meille | 14ème adjoint au Maire | May 26, 2026 |
| Nicolas Kada | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Céline Deslattes | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Antoine Back | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Michelle Sy | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Vincent Berlandis | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Meriem Naili | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Lény Moulin | 21ème adjoint au Maire | March 27, 2026 |
| Inès Ajmi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Thierry Aldeguer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Zakaria Amran | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Margot Belair | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mohamed Belhadj | Conseiller municipal | July 13, 2026 |
| Franck Benhamou | Conseiller municipal | March 24, 2026 |
| Delphine Bense | Conseiller municipal | March 26, 2026 |
| Nathalie Beranger | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Olivier Bertrand | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Brigitte Boer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Khemisti Boubeker | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hassen Bouzeghoub | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Allan Brunon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pierre-Edouard Cardinal | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marion Carroz | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Bastien Castillo | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Emilie Chalas | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Clément Chappet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alan Confesson | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Michelle Daran | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Abdelnour Djebbouri | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Kenza Doukhi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sandra Krief | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Thibault Martin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Myriam Messaoudi | Conseiller municipal | July 13, 2026 |
| Anouchka Michard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Gilles Moreau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jasmine Nebili | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Coline Pissard-Gibollet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Noël Pusel | Conseiller municipal | March 26, 2026 |
| Majda Raki | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Luc Rizzi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphane Robin | Conseiller municipal | March 26, 2026 |
| Robinson Rossi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Rdija Therese Sahiri | Conseiller municipal | March 25, 2026 |
| Marlène Terrier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Angélique Wabene Mayele | 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 Grenoble, above.
How Grenoble voted in March 2026
10 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
51,368 votes cast for a list
53,619 of 87,281 registered voters in Grenoble voted.
1,536 blank and 715 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
52,445 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
52,994 of 87,298 registered voters in Grenoble voted.
371 blank and 178 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.
Grenoble spends €2,361 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
Grenoble owed €308.9M at the end of 2025, €1,948 per resident, higher than in 95% of compared French communes, equal to 109% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €2,361 | €574 | €1,948 | €308.9M |
| 2024 | €2,244 | €485 | €1,848 | €295.1M |
| 2023 | €2,012 | €350 | €1,823 | €292.6M |
| 2022 | €1,820 | €273 | €1,884 | €302.3M |
| 2021 | €1,772 | €301 | €1,907 | €304.9M |
| 2020 | €1,735 | €291 | €1,928 | €309.6M |
| 2019 | €1,716 | €247 | €1,928 | €310.2M |
| 2018 | €1,893 | €468 | €1,967 | €321.3M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 4th 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 Grenoble
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 Grenoble 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 Grenoble’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Grenoble?
Laurence Ruffin, mayor since March 27, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Grenoble have?
The Grenoble municipal council has 59 members, the mayor and 21 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Grenoble?
OUI GRENOBLE, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 56.6% of the votes; it holds 46 of the 59 seats.
What was the turnout in Grenoble?
60.7% 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 Grenoble?
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 Grenoble have?
€308.9M at the end of 2025, €1,948 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Grenoble part of?
Grenoble is part of the Grenoble-Alpes-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.