Dunkerque elected its council in the first round
Patrice Vergriete has been mayor of Dunkerque since March 21, 2026, elected by the 53 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, Patrice Vergriete Bien vivre à Dunkerque won 45 of the 53 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 64.5% of the votes. Dunkerque 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 Dunkerque’s town hall
Won in the first round
Patrice Vergriete Bien vivre à Dunkerque won 64.5% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 5 lists stood. It took 45 of the 53 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
53.3% of registered voters in Dunkerque voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 67% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Nord was 56.4%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
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.
- Patrice Vergriete Bien vivre à Dunkerque4525 community seats
- Le Défi Dunkerquois53 community seats
- Dunkerque Citoyenne21 community seat
- Dunkerque populaire !10 community seats
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 Dunkerque 29 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: Patrice Vergriete · 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 21, 2026Patrice Vergriete
- 2Deputy mayors19 adjoints, elected by the councilYann LandkoczMartine ArlabosseJean-François MontagneChristine DecodtsFrédéric VanhilleMarjorie EloyJohan BodartDelphine Castelli+11 more
- 3Dunkerque municipal council53 seats by listPatrice Vergriete Bien vivre à Dunkerque 45 · Le Défi Dunkerquois 5 · Dunkerque Citoyenne 2 · Dunkerque populaire ! 1
- 4Communauté urbaine de DunkerqueDunkerque holds 29 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 Dunkerque municipal council
The mayor and 19 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Patrice Vergriete | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Yann Landkocz | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Martine Arlabosse | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean-François Montagne | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Christine Decodts | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frédéric Vanhille | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Marjorie Eloy | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Johan Bodart | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Delphine Castelli | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Davy Lemaire | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Leïla Naïdji | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Josseran Floch | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Catherine Seret | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean-Pierre Vandaele | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frédérique Plaisant | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laurent Mazouni | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Virginie Varlet | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Rémy Becuwe | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Houfrane Ahamed | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laurent Schoutteet | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
Show the full council (53)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Patrice Vergriete | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Yann Landkocz | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Martine Arlabosse | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean-François Montagne | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Christine Decodts | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frédéric Vanhille | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Marjorie Eloy | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Johan Bodart | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Delphine Castelli | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Davy Lemaire | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Leïla Naïdji | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Josseran Floch | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Catherine Seret | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Jean-Pierre Vandaele | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frédérique Plaisant | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laurent Mazouni | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Virginie Varlet | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Rémy Becuwe | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Houfrane Ahamed | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laurent Schoutteet | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Nadia Amara | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Grégory Bartholoméus | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marie-Christine Bebin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Valérie Boulogne | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marjolaine Brunet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Martine Cabaret | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Stéphanie Caron | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Fabienne Castel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Géry Champagne | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Christophe Claeys | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Pierrette Cuvelier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Laurent Desoutter | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Francky Donse | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Claudine Ducellier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Yohann Duval | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Emma Fornaro | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Nicolas Fournier | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Franck Gonsse | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Floriane Isal | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-François Joly | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Damien Lacroix | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Stéphane Lefelle | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marjorie Lenoir | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Dorothée Melin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Adrien Nave | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Félicien Nave | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Charles Neuquelman | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Julien Nonnez | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Grégoire Paccou | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Ludovic Peers | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Anne Thorel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Justine Vandenbussche | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Catherine Vandorme | 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 Dunkerque, above.
How Dunkerque voted in March 2026
5 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
31,220 votes cast for a list
32,434 of 60,839 registered voters in Dunkerque voted.
905 blank and 309 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.
Dunkerque spends €1,456 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
Dunkerque owed €79.2M at the end of 2025, €897 per resident, higher than in 62% of compared French communes, equal to 78% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,456 | €300 | €897 | €79.2M |
| 2024 | €1,785 | €428 | €913 | €80.4M |
| 2023 | €1,765 | €365 | €889 | €78.1M |
| 2022 | €1,681 | €234 | €942 | €82.5M |
| 2021 | €1,679 | €248 | €925 | €81.5M |
| 2020 | €1,621 | €202 | €904 | €80.2M |
| 2019 | €1,735 | €287 | €903 | €80.8M |
| 2018 | €1,709 | €288 | €912 | €82.4M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 8th 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 Dunkerque
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 Dunkerque 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 Dunkerque’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Dunkerque?
Patrice Vergriete, mayor since March 21, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Dunkerque have?
The Dunkerque municipal council has 53 members, the mayor and 19 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Dunkerque?
Patrice Vergriete Bien vivre à Dunkerque, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 64.5% of the votes; it holds 45 of the 53 seats.
What was the turnout in Dunkerque?
53.3% 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 Dunkerque?
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 Dunkerque have?
€79.2M at the end of 2025, €897 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Dunkerque part of?
Dunkerque 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.