Photo: Philippe Gisselbrecht/ Ville de Metz · CC BY-SA 4.0In Metz, turnout was lower than in 87% of compared French communes
François Grosdidier has been mayor of Metz since March 31, 2026, elected by the 55 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, J'aime Metz won 42 of the 55 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 50.6% of the votes. Metz is part of the Metz Métropole.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Moselle and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Metz’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 9 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, J'aime Metz came first with 50.6% and took 42 of the 55 seats; the other lists share the remaining 13. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
46% of registered voters in Metz voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 87% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Moselle was 51.1%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
More debt per resident than most
Metz owed €136.8M at the end of 2025, €1,108 per resident: higher than in 74% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 82% 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.
- J'aime Metz4234 community seats
- UN AVENIR A METZ54 community seats
- UNION DE LA GAUCHE ET DES ECOLOGISTES POUR METZ43 community seats
- Un souffle nouveau pour Metz43 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 Metz 44 seats on the council of the Metz 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: François Grosdidier · 55 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 31, 2026François Grosdidier
- 2Deputy mayors20 adjoints, elected by the councilJulien HussonRachel BurgyPhilippe BrunellaAnne Daussan-WeizmanGuillaume GodeyAnne StémartEric LucasPaola Zanetti+12 more
- 3Metz municipal council55 seats by listJ'aime Metz 42 · UN AVENIR A METZ 5 · UNION DE LA GAUCHE ET DES ECOLOGISTES POUR METZ 4 · Un souffle nouveau pour Metz 4
- 4Metz MétropoleMetz holds 44 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 55 members of the Metz municipal council
The mayor and 20 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| François Grosdidier | Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Julien Husson | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Rachel Burgy | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Philippe Brunella | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Anne Daussan-Weizman | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Guillaume Godey | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Anne Stémart | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Eric Lucas | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Paola Zanetti | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Timothée Bohr | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Jacqueline Schneider | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Yves Decker | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Isabelle Lux | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Ferit Burhan | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Martine Nicolas | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Blaise Taffner | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Catherine Gervaise | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Henri Malasse | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Doan Tran | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Mammar Mehalil | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Gertrude Ngo Kaldjop | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
Show the full council (55)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| François Grosdidier | Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Julien Husson | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Rachel Burgy | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Philippe Brunella | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Anne Daussan-Weizman | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Guillaume Godey | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Anne Stémart | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Eric Lucas | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Paola Zanetti | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Timothée Bohr | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Jacqueline Schneider | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Yves Decker | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Isabelle Lux | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Ferit Burhan | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Martine Nicolas | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Blaise Taffner | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Catherine Gervaise | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Henri Malasse | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Doan Tran | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Mammar Mehalil | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Gertrude Ngo Kaldjop | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 31, 2026 |
| Béatrice Agamennone | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jérémy Aloi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Etienne Anstett | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Ayhan Avci | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Barbara Bernardi | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jérémy Bosco | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Victor Chomard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Tom Colinet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Josyane Comte | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nicole Faessel | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Eric Fiszon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Corinne Friot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Anne Fritsch-Renard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pierre-Henri Grandidier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sébastien Gury | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nawelle Haboudane | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Chanthy Ho | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Kenza Kehli | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hassan Laraki | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Emmanuel Lebeau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Charlotte Leduc | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Anaël Mayer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Bertrand Mertz | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Dalila Reddani | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Simon Riffault | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jérémy Roques | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Patricia Sallusti | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Attila Sapci | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marc Sciamanna | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-François Secondé | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphanie Siebert | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Laurence Thill | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marie-Claude Voinçon | 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 Metz, above.
How Metz voted in March 2026
9 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
30,955 votes cast for a list
31,568 of 72,036 registered voters in Metz voted.
309 blank and 304 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
32,620 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
33,193 of 72,166 registered voters in Metz voted.
346 blank and 227 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.
Metz spends €1,830 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
Metz owed €136.8M at the end of 2025, €1,108 per resident, higher than in 74% of compared French communes, equal to 82% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,830 | €485 | €1,108 | €136.8M |
| 2024 | €1,830 | €483 | €1,069 | €131.1M |
| 2023 | €1,675 | €384 | €984 | €120M |
| 2022 | €1,538 | €265 | €998 | €120.1M |
| 2021 | €1,523 | €287 | €928 | €109.9M |
| 2020 | €1,468 | €280 | €827 | €97.8M |
| 2019 | €1,547 | €326 | €694 | €83.2M |
| 2018 | €1,567 | €305 | €584 | €69.8M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 20th 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: Brest, €234. Highest: Argenteuil, €3,303.
Have a say in Metz
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 Metz 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 Metz’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Metz?
François Grosdidier, mayor since March 31, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Metz have?
The Metz municipal council has 55 members, the mayor and 20 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Metz?
J'aime Metz, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 50.6% of the votes; it holds 42 of the 55 seats.
What was the turnout in Metz?
46% 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 Metz?
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 Metz have?
€136.8M at the end of 2025, €1,108 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Metz part of?
Metz is part of the Metz 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.