Wattrelos invested less per resident in 2025 than 99% of compared communes
Dominique Baert has been mayor of Wattrelos since March 28, 2026, elected by the 43 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, UNIS, POUR WATTRELOS, LE COEUR GAGNANT! won 32 of the 43 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 45.8% of the votes. Wattrelos is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.
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 Wattrelos’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 4 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, UNIS, POUR WATTRELOS, LE COEUR GAGNANT! came first with 45.8% and took 32 of the 43 seats; the other lists share the remaining 11. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
41.7% of registered voters in Wattrelos voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 95% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Nord was 56.4%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
More debt per resident than most
Wattrelos owed €51.6M at the end of 2025, €1,256 per resident: higher than in 80% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 97% of a year’s running costs. The commune’s money ↓
Little investment
Wattrelos invested €73 per resident (buildings, roads, equipment), 5% of its spending: lower than in 99% of compared French communes (France median €403). Investment swings from year to year with projects. 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.
- UNIS, POUR WATTRELOS, LE COEUR GAGNANT!324 community seats
- WATTRELOS VERS LE HAUT, EN SÉCURITÉ91 community seat
- Wattrelos SOLIDAIRE et CITOYENNE20 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 Wattrelos 5 seats on the council of the Métropole Européenne de Lille (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: Dominique Baert · 43 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 28, 2026Dominique Baert
- 2Deputy mayors12 adjoints, elected by the councilBenjamin CaillieretZohra ReiffersChristophe RicciMichèle CoquelleTarik MekkiBéatrice DujardinGilbert CharlesMyriam Lestienne+4 more
- 3Wattrelos municipal council43 seats by listUNIS, POUR WATTRELOS, LE COEUR GAGNANT! 32 · WATTRELOS VERS LE HAUT, EN SÉCURITÉ 9 · Wattrelos SOLIDAIRE et CITOYENNE 2
- 4Métropole Européenne de LilleWattrelos holds 5 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 43 members of the Wattrelos municipal council
The mayor and 12 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Dominique Baert | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Benjamin Caillieret | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Zohra Reiffers | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Christophe Ricci | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Michèle Coquelle | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Tarik Mekki | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Béatrice Dujardin | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Gilbert Charles | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Myriam Lestienne | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Azedine Taleb-Ahmed | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Marjorie Boughari-Delrue | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Jacques Delfosse | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Laureen Lemoine | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
Show the full council (43)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Dominique Baert | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Benjamin Caillieret | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Zohra Reiffers | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Christophe Ricci | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Michèle Coquelle | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Tarik Mekki | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Béatrice Dujardin | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Gilbert Charles | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Myriam Lestienne | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Azedine Taleb-Ahmed | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Marjorie Boughari-Delrue | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Jacques Delfosse | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Laureen Lemoine | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Jean-Pierre Beccu | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marie-Chantal Blain | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Vanessa Blicq-Pelaprat | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Émeline Boitte | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Annie Chantrie | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Rabah Dahmani | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylvie Dardenne-Christiaens | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Thomas Dassonville | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jimmy Delgrange | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Abdel Denfer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Thierry Duel | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Philippe Dumoulin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Michel Duthoit | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marjory Faraci | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Eddy Goedehaud | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Veysal Kiraz | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Guy-Noël Lemay | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Océane Lévêque | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Steven Marrouki | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Ana-Maria Menendez | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Enzo Mezzina | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mathieu Morchipont | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Bernadette Pamart | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jason Room | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylvie Samain-Watteau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nathalie Spriet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Elodie Testelin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Évelyne Vandamme | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pauline Vannieuwenhuyse | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylvie Zaïdi | 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 Wattrelos, above.
How Wattrelos voted in March 2026
4 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
12,434 votes cast for a list
12,731 of 29,456 registered voters in Wattrelos voted.
156 blank and 141 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
11,922 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
12,270 of 29,450 registered voters in Wattrelos voted.
211 blank and 137 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.
Wattrelos spends €1,370 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
Wattrelos owed €51.6M at the end of 2025, €1,256 per resident, higher than in 80% of compared French communes, equal to 97% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,370 | €73 | €1,256 | €51.6M |
| 2024 | €1,422 | €106 | €1,268 | €52M |
| 2023 | €1,389 | €103 | €1,334 | €55M |
| 2022 | €1,344 | €89 | €1,353 | €55.6M |
| 2021 | €1,266 | €72 | €1,359 | €55.8M |
| 2020 | €1,288 | €91 | €1,372 | €56.4M |
| 2019 | €1,277 | €88 | €1,372 | €57M |
| 2018 | €1,254 | €67 | €1,377 | €57.1M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 11th highest debt per resident of 41 communes its size
The 40 compared communes nearest in population, debt per resident at the end of 2025.
Lowest: Marcq-en-Barœul, €0. Highest: Chartres, €4,713.
Have a say in Wattrelos
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 Wattrelos 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 Wattrelos’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Wattrelos?
Dominique Baert, mayor since March 28, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Wattrelos have?
The Wattrelos municipal council has 43 members, the mayor and 12 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Wattrelos?
UNIS, POUR WATTRELOS, LE COEUR GAGNANT!, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 45.8% of the votes; it holds 32 of the 43 seats.
What was the turnout in Wattrelos?
41.7% 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 Wattrelos?
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 Wattrelos have?
€51.6M at the end of 2025, €1,256 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Wattrelos part of?
Wattrelos is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, 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.