Coudekerque-Branche carries less debt per resident than 95% of compared communes
David Bailleul has been mayor of Coudekerque-Branche since March 21, 2026, elected by the 35 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, Coudekerque-Branche Passionnément won 29 of the 35 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 64% of the votes. Coudekerque-Branche is part of the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Nord and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Coudekerque-Branche’s town hall
Won in the first round
Coudekerque-Branche Passionnément won 64% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 2 lists stood. It took 29 of the 35 seats: half the seats as the list ahead, and its share of the rest. The other lists share the remaining 6. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout above most communes
60.7% of registered voters in Coudekerque-Branche voted on March 15, 2026: higher than in 66% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Nord was 56.4%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
Less debt per resident than most
Coudekerque-Branche owed €2.6M at the end of 2025, €123 per resident: lower than in 95% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 10% 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.
- Coudekerque-Branche Passionnément295 community seats
- Engagement et Transparence61 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 Coudekerque-Branche 6 seats on the council of the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque (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: David Bailleul · 35 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 21, 2026David Bailleul
- 2Deputy mayors10 adjoints, elected by the councilMichael HennebelleDelphine HavezPhilippe DeveycxCatherine VanrenterghemDidier BykoffBarbara Bailleul-RochartLaurent VanrechemStéphanie Lehouck+2 more
- 3Coudekerque-Branche municipal council35 seats by listCoudekerque-Branche Passionnément 29 · Engagement et Transparence 6
- 4Communauté urbaine de DunkerqueCoudekerque-Branche holds 6 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 35 members of the Coudekerque-Branche municipal council
The mayor and 10 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| David Bailleul | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Michael Hennebelle | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Delphine Havez | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Philippe Deveycx | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Catherine Vanrenterghem | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Didier Bykoff | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Barbara Bailleul-Rochart | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laurent Vanrechem | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Stéphanie Lehouck | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Alain Cellier | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Patricia Lescieux | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
Show the full council (35)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| David Bailleul | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Michael Hennebelle | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Delphine Havez | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Philippe Deveycx | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Catherine Vanrenterghem | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Didier Bykoff | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Barbara Bailleul-Rochart | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laurent Vanrechem | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Stéphanie Lehouck | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Alain Cellier | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Patricia Lescieux | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Aurélien Baert | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Laurent Bosquet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Alicia Boulanger | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Daniel Burghgrave | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sophie Butez | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Roger Caudoux | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sigrid Daubrege | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Dominique Decambron | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Françoise Decroocq | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Roxane Derone | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marianne Djebouri | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Eric Dubois | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Francine Everrard-Loisel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Thomas Lepaulmier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Philippe Liber | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Mélanie Menneboo | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Audrey Misikowski | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Thierry Picque | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Caroline Pusca | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Arnaud Routier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Emmanuel Ryckoort | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Vanessa Soussaintjean | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Nelly Westeel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Nicolas Williart | Conseiller municipal | March 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 Coudekerque-Branche, above.
How Coudekerque-Branche voted in March 2026
2 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
9,466 votes cast for a list
9,804 of 16,143 registered voters in Coudekerque-Branche voted.
215 blank and 123 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.
Coudekerque-Branche spends €1,775 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
Coudekerque-Branche owed €2.6M at the end of 2025, €123 per resident, lower than in 95% of compared French communes, equal to 10% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,775 | €540 | €123 | €2.6M |
| 2024 | €1,525 | €363 | €170 | €3.6M |
| 2023 | €1,289 | €122 | €216 | €4.5M |
| 2022 | €1,284 | €170 | €258 | €5.5M |
| 2021 | €1,306 | €283 | €299 | €6.3M |
| 2020 | €1,101 | €109 | €335 | €7.2M |
| 2019 | €1,279 | €255 | €372 | €8M |
| 2018 | €1,179 | €183 | €396 | €8.6M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 4th 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: Mons-en-Barœul, €1. Highest: Sceaux, €2,485.
Have a say in Coudekerque-Branche
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 Coudekerque-Branche 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 Coudekerque-Branche’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Coudekerque-Branche?
David Bailleul, mayor since March 21, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Coudekerque-Branche have?
The Coudekerque-Branche municipal council has 35 members, the mayor and 10 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Coudekerque-Branche?
Coudekerque-Branche Passionnément, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 64% of the votes; it holds 29 of the 35 seats.
What was the turnout in Coudekerque-Branche?
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 Coudekerque-Branche?
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 Coudekerque-Branche have?
€2.6M at the end of 2025, €123 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Coudekerque-Branche part of?
Coudekerque-Branche is part of the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque, 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.