Le Tampon carries more debt per resident than 81% of compared communes
Alexis Chaussalet has been mayor of Le Tampon since March 29, 2026, elected by the 53 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, NOUT VOIX, NOUT L'AVENIR ! won 39 of the 53 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 45.3% of the votes. Le Tampon is part of the Communauté d'agglomération du Sud.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Réunion and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Le Tampon’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 5 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, NOUT VOIX, NOUT L'AVENIR ! came first with 45.3% and took 39 of the 53 seats; the other lists share the remaining 14. Who’s in charge ↓
More debt per resident than most
Le Tampon owed €105.8M at the end of 2025, €1,277 per resident: higher than in 81% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 122% 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.
- NOUT VOIX, NOUT L'AVENIR !3918 community seats
- TAMPON AVENIR115 community seats
- L'ALLIANCE DES TAMPONNAIS31 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 Le Tampon 24 seats on the council of the Communauté d'agglomération du Sud (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: Alexis Chaussalet · 53 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 29, 2026Alexis Chaussalet
- 2Deputy mayors15 adjoints, elected by the councilChristine Gauthier VidotEric DucrouxMarie-Pierre MuratCédric DijouxPauline LauretSliman DialloHanessa HoarauDominique Lebot+7 more
- 3Le Tampon municipal council53 seats by listNOUT VOIX, NOUT L'AVENIR ! 39 · TAMPON AVENIR 11 · L'ALLIANCE DES TAMPONNAIS 3
- 4Communauté d'agglomération du SudLe Tampon holds 24 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 53 members of the Le Tampon municipal council
The mayor and 15 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Alexis Chaussalet | Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Christine Gauthier Vidot | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Eric Ducroux | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Marie-Pierre Murat | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Cédric Dijoux | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Pauline Lauret | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Sliman Diallo | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Hanessa Hoarau | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Dominique Lebot | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Christelle Olichon | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Max Belvisée | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Anne Fontaine | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Kévin Turpin | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Sabrina Boulanger | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Jean-Eudes Dallou | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Katell Louarn | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
Show the full council (53)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Alexis Chaussalet | Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Christine Gauthier Vidot | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Eric Ducroux | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Marie-Pierre Murat | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Cédric Dijoux | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Pauline Lauret | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Sliman Diallo | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Hanessa Hoarau | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Dominique Lebot | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Christelle Olichon | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Max Belvisée | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Anne Fontaine | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Kévin Turpin | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Sabrina Boulanger | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Jean-Eudes Dallou | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Katell Louarn | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Nathalie Ah-Hot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Julie Anzoully | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nathalie Bassire | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| André Beton | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Céline Bélair | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Monique Bénard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Michèle Cadet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Rémi Cazal | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Cécile Cochard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Pierre Damour | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-René Dijoux | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Gilles Fontaine | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Albert Gastrin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Charles Émile Gonthier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Elodie Grondin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jacquet Hoarau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Erika Hoareau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Corentin Idmont | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Clémentine Judith | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Gilbert La Porte | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean Richard Lebon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylvie Leichnig | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marie Mussard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nadège Naty | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Danon Odayen | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Candy Otal | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Aurélien Picard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hugo Picard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Bernard Ange Picardo | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mimose Rivière Epouse Dijoux | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jacky Robert | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nadège Schneeberger | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Didier Serveaux | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Philippe Taupin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Patrice Thien-Ah-Koon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mickaël Verbar | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Liliane Élizéon Épouse Abmon | 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 Le Tampon, above.
How Le Tampon voted in March 2026
5 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
39,166 votes cast for a list
40,613 of 67,356 registered voters in Le Tampon voted.
747 blank and 700 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
34,538 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
36,419 of 67,329 registered voters in Le Tampon voted.
1,027 blank and 854 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.
Le Tampon spends €1,525 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
Le Tampon owed €105.8M at the end of 2025, €1,277 per resident, higher than in 81% of compared French communes, equal to 122% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,525 | €475 | €1,277 | €105.8M |
| 2024 | €1,849 | €750 | €1,074 | €89M |
| 2023 | €1,619 | €601 | €1,206 | €98.5M |
| 2022 | €1,445 | €478 | €1,465 | €118.5M |
| 2021 | €1,295 | €400 | €1,602 | €128.8M |
| 2020 | €1,287 | €424 | €1,748 | €139.3M |
| 2019 | €1,516 | €636 | €1,301 | €102M |
| 2018 | €1,423 | €544 | €1,140 | €88.1M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 16th 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 Le Tampon
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 Le Tampon 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 Le Tampon’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Le Tampon?
Alexis Chaussalet, mayor since March 29, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Le Tampon have?
The Le Tampon municipal council has 53 members, the mayor and 15 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Le Tampon?
NOUT VOIX, NOUT L'AVENIR !, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 45.3% of the votes; it holds 39 of the 53 seats.
What was the turnout in Le Tampon?
54.1% 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 Le Tampon?
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 Le Tampon have?
€105.8M at the end of 2025, €1,277 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Le Tampon part of?
Le Tampon is part of the Communauté d'agglomération du Sud, 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.