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Rive-de-Gier town hall

In Rive-de-Gier, turnout was lower than in 82% of compared French communes

Severine Reynaud has been mayor of Rive-de-Gier since March 21, 2026, elected by the 33 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, RIV'@VENIR won 25 of the 33 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 50.6% of the votes. Rive-de-Gier is part of the Saint-Etienne Métropole.

Next municipal elections

March 2032

Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.

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Throughout this page, the median in Loire and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.

Mayor
Severine Reynaud
since March 21, 2026
Council members
33
including 9 deputy mayors
Turnout, March 2026
48%
first round · France median 57%
Debt per resident
€874
end of 2025 · France median €748
In brief

What stands out about Rive-de-Gier’s town hall

Won in the first round

RIV'@VENIR won 50.6% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 2 lists stood. It took 25 of the 33 seats: half the seats as the list ahead, and its share of the rest. The other lists share the remaining 8. Who’s in charge ↓

Turnout below most communes

48.2% of registered voters in Rive-de-Gier voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 82% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Loire was 53.5%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓

Results as the Interior ministry published them; accounts from the DGFiP via OFGL. Nothing here is graded.

Who’s in charge

The council the voters chose

Seats as the March 2026 results gave them, one dot a seat.

Municipal council · 33 seatsRive-de-Gier municipal councilRIV'@VENIR: 25 of 33
RIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRRIV'@VENIRPour Rive-de-GierPour Rive-de-GierPour Rive-de-GierPour Rive-de-GierPour Rive-de-GierPour Rive-de-GierPour Rive-de-GierPour Rive-de-Gier33seats
  • RIV'@VENIR253 community seats
  • Pour Rive-de-Gier81 community seat

As elected in the first round, March 15, 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 Rive-de-Gier 4 seats on the council of the Saint-Etienne Métropole (community seats).

Source: Interior ministry, 2026 municipal election results (March 15 and 22), subject to corrections and appeals.

Who runs Rive-de-Gier

4 authorities share the work

The commune is the tier closest to residents; the intercommunality, the département and the région do the rest.

Commune · the town hallMairie de Rive-de-Gier

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: Severine Reynaud · 33 councilors

Intercommunality · métropoleSaint-Etienne Métropole

The services its communes share: usually waste collection, economic development and planning documents; often water and local buses.

DépartementConseil départemental · Loire

Social aid (RSA, care for older and disabled people, child protection), collèges, the département’s roads, and funding for fire and rescue.

RégionConseil régional · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Lycées, regional trains (TER) and coaches, economic development and job training.

Who to ask

Birth, marriage and death certificatesMairie de Rive-de-Gier
Registering to voteMairie de Rive-de-Gier
Nursery and primary schoolsMairie de Rive-de-Gier
Building permits (filed at the town hall)Mairie de Rive-de-Gier
Household waste (usually)Saint-Etienne Métropole
Collèges (ages 11 to 15)Conseil départemental · Loire
RSA, care for older people, child protectionConseil départemental · Loire
Lycées (ages 15 to 18)Conseil régional · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Regional trains (TER)Conseil régional · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ID cards and passportsAny town hall that takes applications, by appointment

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.

Who represents Rive-de-Gier

From the mayor to the intercommunality

The officials as the Interior ministry’s register lists them, and the council by list.

  1. 1
    Mayorsince March 21, 2026
    Severine Reynaud
  2. 2
    Deputy mayors9 adjoints, elected by the council
    Damien LefortFanny LassablièreTanjou DemiralFadila HéninTom VilletSarah Coppola BaikecheStéphane RaynaudPatricia Freire+1 more
  3. 3
    Rive-de-Gier municipal council33 seats by list
    RIV'@VENIR 25 · Pour Rive-de-Gier 8
  4. 4
    Saint-Etienne MétropoleRive-de-Gier holds 4 seats
    Community councilors are drawn from the council lists in the same vote.

Source: Interior ministry, national register of elected officials (RNE), August 11, 2026.

The council

The 33 members of the Rive-de-Gier municipal council

The mayor and 9 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.

NameOfficeSince
Severine ReynaudMaireMarch 21, 2026
Damien Lefort1er adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Fanny Lassablière2ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Tanjou Demiral3ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Fadila Hénin4ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Tom Villet5ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Sarah Coppola Baikeche6ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Stéphane Raynaud7ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Patricia Freire8ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Choukri Errachidi9ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Show the full council (33)
NameOfficeSince
Severine ReynaudMaireMarch 21, 2026
Damien Lefort1er adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Fanny Lassablière2ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Tanjou Demiral3ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Fadila Hénin4ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Tom Villet5ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Sarah Coppola Baikeche6ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Stéphane Raynaud7ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Patricia Freire8ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Choukri Errachidi9ème adjoint au MaireMarch 21, 2026
Caroline BenoumelazConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Vincent BonyConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Fatiha BouzagharConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Jean-Pierre CenardConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Julien ChaneliereConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Céline ClaudeConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Julie CopinConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Isabelle d'AngeloConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Nasira DebbahConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Marlène EstevezConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Louis Jean FontbonneConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Marie-Odette FreireConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Anne-Marie GaudencioConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Véronique GireConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Ridha GuichardConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Anthony Lenoir-NietopielConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Sandrine MantioConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
David MartoranaConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Yvan MessinaConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Anthony NotargiacomoConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Adeline PerretConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Raphaël SeveConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
François TambuzzoConseiller municipalMarch 15, 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 Rive-de-Gier, above.

2026 elections

How Rive-de-Gier voted in March 2026

2 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.

Municipal council of Rive-de-Gierfirst round · March 15, 2026
RIV'@VENIRministry label: Miscellaneous right · 25 seats50.6%
Pour Rive-de-Gierministry label: Miscellaneous left · 8 seats49.4%

4,238 votes cast for a list

Turnout · first round
48%

4,351 of 9,037 registered voters in Rive-de-Gier voted.

67 blank and 46 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.

Turnout, first round · March 15, 2026

Rive-de-GierMedian in LoireFrance median
Voted48.2%
0%50%100%

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.

The commune’s money

Rive-de-Gier spends €1,753 per resident a year

The commune’s consolidated accounts: main and annexed budgets, transfers between them removed.

Spending
€1,753
per resident, 2025
€27.3M in all
Running costs
€1,270
per resident, 2025
€19.8M in all
Investment
€483
per resident, 2025
€7.5M in all
Debt
€874
per resident, end of 2025
€13.6M in all

Per resident, 2025 · against compared communes

Rive-de-GierMedian in LoireFrance median
Spending€1,753
Running costs€1,270
Investment€483
Debt€874
€0€1,000€2,000

Spending and debt per resident, 2018 to 2025

€0€500€1,000€1,500€2,00020182019202020212022202320242025Spending 2018 : €1,146Spending 2019 : €1,209Spending 2020 : €1,199Spending 2021 : €1,389Spending 2022 : €1,536Spending 2023 : €1,670Spending 2024 : €1,649Spending 2025 : €1,753Debt 2018 : €813Debt 2019 : €734Debt 2020 : €653Debt 2021 : €671Debt 2022 : €751Debt 2023 : €663Debt 2024 : €770Debt 2025 : €874DebtSpending

Rive-de-Gier owed €13.6M at the end of 2025, €874 per resident, higher than in 60% of compared French communes, equal to 69% of a year’s running costs.

Show year by year
YearSpendingInvestmentDebtDebt in all
2025€1,753€483€874€13.6M
2024€1,649€423€770€11.8M
2023€1,670€497€663€10.1M
2022€1,536€394€751€11.3M
2021€1,389€345€671€10.2M
2020€1,199€194€653€10M
2019€1,209€197€734€11.2M
2018€1,146€155€813€12.5M

Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.

Towns its size

The 20th highest debt per resident of 41 communes its size

The 40 compared communes nearest in population, debt per resident at the end of 2025.

Rive-de-Gier €874
IllzachRomilly-sur-Seine
€0€1,150€2,300

Lowest: Illzach, €175. Highest: Romilly-sur-Seine, €2,169.

Get involved

Have a say in Rive-de-Gier

Register to vote

French citizens register online or at the town hall; citizens of other EU countries can vote in municipal elections too.

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Check your registration

See where you’re registered and which polling station is yours.

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Go to a council meeting

Council meetings are public; the agenda and minutes are posted at the town hall and usually on its website.

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Contact the town hall

Opening hours, address and phone number of the mairie of Rive-de-Gier in the public services directory.

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Stand for the council

Who can stand, how lists are formed and the deadlines, from the Interior ministry.

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How to read these numbers

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 Rive-de-Gier’s town hall

Who is the mayor of Rive-de-Gier?

Severine Reynaud, mayor since March 21, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).

How many councilors does Rive-de-Gier have?

The Rive-de-Gier municipal council has 33 members, the mayor and 9 deputy mayors included.

Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Rive-de-Gier?

RIV'@VENIR, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 50.6% of the votes; it holds 25 of the 33 seats.

What was the turnout in Rive-de-Gier?

48.2% 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 Rive-de-Gier?

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 Rive-de-Gier have?

€13.6M at the end of 2025, €874 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.

Which intercommunality is Rive-de-Gier part of?

Rive-de-Gier is part of the Saint-Etienne 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.