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Laleu town hall

Only one list stood in Laleu

Franck Ghewy has been mayor of Laleu since March 15, 2026, elected by the 11 members of the municipal council. A single list stood in March 2026, GERMAIN, and took all 11 seats. Laleu is part of the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe.

Next municipal elections

March 2032

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

Register to vote ↗

Throughout this page, the median in Orne and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Laleu has 362 residents; every compared commune has 2,507 or more, so read its place among them with that in mind.

Mayor
Franck Ghewy
since March 15, 2026
Council members
11
including 3 deputy mayors
Turnout, March 2026
52%
first round · France median 57%
Debt per resident
€576
end of 2025 · France median €748
In brief

What stands out about Laleu’s town hall

A single list

Only one list stood in Laleu on March 15, 2026: GERMAIN. It took all 11 seats; with no rival list, voters could only vote for it, cast a blank ballot or stay at home. 2026 elections ↓

Turnout below most communes

51.6% of registered voters in Laleu voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 73% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Orne was 57.6%; 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 · 11 seatsLaleu municipal councilGERMAIN: 11 of 11
  • GERMAIN11

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.

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

Who runs Laleu

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 Laleu

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: Franck Ghewy · 11 councilors

Intercommunality · communauté de communesCommunauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe

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

DépartementConseil départemental · Orne

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

RégionConseil régional · Normandy

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

Who to ask

Birth, marriage and death certificatesMairie de Laleu
Registering to voteMairie de Laleu
Nursery and primary schoolsMairie de Laleu
Building permits (filed at the town hall)Mairie de Laleu
Household waste (usually)Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe
Collèges (ages 11 to 15)Conseil départemental · Orne
RSA, care for older people, child protectionConseil départemental · Orne
Lycées (ages 15 to 18)Conseil régional · Normandy
Regional trains (TER)Conseil régional · Normandy
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 Laleu

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 15, 2026
    Franck Ghewy
  2. 2
    Deputy mayors3 adjoints, elected by the council
    Baptiste NouvelNathalie TeruinChristophe Hervieu
  3. 3
    Laleu municipal council11 seats by list
    GERMAIN 11

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

The council

The 11 members of the Laleu municipal council

The mayor and 3 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.

NameOfficeSince
Franck GhewyMaireMarch 15, 2026
Baptiste Nouvel1er adjoint au MaireMarch 15, 2026
Nathalie Teruin2ème adjoint au MaireMarch 15, 2026
Christophe Hervieu3ème adjoint au MaireMarch 15, 2026
Show the full council (11)
NameOfficeSince
Franck GhewyMaireMarch 15, 2026
Baptiste Nouvel1er adjoint au MaireMarch 15, 2026
Nathalie Teruin2ème adjoint au MaireMarch 15, 2026
Christophe Hervieu3ème adjoint au MaireMarch 15, 2026
Marion AlvesConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Mathilde BezaceConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Édouard BoucherConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Magali GuilleConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Fabienne GuillouxConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Jean-Michel LainéConseiller municipalMarch 15, 2026
Rodolphe LemonnierConseiller 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 Laleu, above.

2026 elections

How Laleu voted in March 2026

A single list stood.

Municipal council of Laleufirst round · March 15, 2026
GERMAIN11 seats100.0%

123 votes cast for a list

Turnout · first round
52%

145 of 281 registered voters in Laleu voted.

12 blank and 10 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.

Turnout, first round · March 15, 2026

LaleuMedian in OrneFrance median
Voted51.6%
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

Laleu spends €678 per resident a year

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

Spending
€678
per resident, 2025
€248K in all
Running costs
€406
per resident, 2025
€148K in all
Investment
€272
per resident, 2025
€99K in all
Debt
€576
per resident, end of 2025
€210K in all

Per resident, 2025 · against compared communes

LaleuMedian in OrneFrance median
Spending€678
Running costs€406
Investment€272
Debt€576
€0€1,000€2,000

Spending and debt per resident, 2018 to 2025

€0€250€500€750€1,00020182019202020212022202320242025Spending 2018 : €464Spending 2019 : €732Spending 2020 : €365Spending 2021 : €670Spending 2022 : €870Spending 2023 : €761Spending 2024 : €796Spending 2025 : €678Debt 2018 : €34Debt 2019 : €169Debt 2020 : €155Debt 2021 : €481Debt 2022 : €447Debt 2023 : €691Debt 2024 : €632Debt 2025 : €576DebtSpending

Laleu owed €210K at the end of 2025, €576 per resident, lower than in 65% of compared French communes, equal to 142% of a year’s running costs.

Show year by year
YearSpendingInvestmentDebtDebt in all
2025€678€272€576€210K
2024€796€410€632€229K
2023€761€398€691€248K
2022€870€539€447€162K
2021€670€332€481€176K
2020€365€66€155€57K
2019€732€472€169€62K
2018€464€114€34€12K

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

Towns its size

The 21st highest debt per resident of 41 communes its size

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

Laleu €576
WattenMers-les-Bains
€0€1,700€3,400

Lowest: Watten, €1. Highest: Mers-les-Bains, €3,228.

Get involved

Have a say in Laleu

Register to vote

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

service-public.fr ↗
Check your registration

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

service-public.fr ↗
Go to a council meeting

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

service-public.fr ↗
Contact the town hall

Opening hours, address and phone number of the mairie of Laleu in the public services directory.

lannuaire.service-public.fr ↗
Stand for the council

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

interieur.gouv.fr ↗
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 Laleu’s town hall

Who is the mayor of Laleu?

Franck Ghewy, mayor since March 15, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).

How many councilors does Laleu have?

The Laleu municipal council has 11 members, the mayor and 3 deputy mayors included.

Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Laleu?

Only one list stood: GERMAIN, which took all 11 seats.

What was the turnout in Laleu?

51.6% 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 Laleu?

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 Laleu have?

€210K at the end of 2025, €576 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.

Which intercommunality is Laleu part of?

Laleu is part of the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe, 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.