Perpignan carries more debt per resident than 89% of compared communes
Louis Aliot has been mayor of Perpignan since March 21, 2026, elected by the 55 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, CONTINUONS ENSEMBLE AVEC LOUIS ALIOT won 43 of the 55 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 50.6% of the votes. Perpignan is part of the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Pyrénées-Orientales and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Perpignan’s town hall
Won in the first round
CONTINUONS ENSEMBLE AVEC LOUIS ALIOT won 50.6% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 6 lists stood. It took 43 of the 55 seats: half the seats as the list ahead, and its share of the rest. The other lists share the remaining 12. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
47.7% of registered voters in Perpignan voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 83% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Pyrénées-Orientales was 64%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
More debt per resident than most
Perpignan owed €191.1M at the end of 2025, €1,560 per resident: higher than in 89% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 109% 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.
- CONTINUONS ENSEMBLE AVEC LOUIS ALIOT4330 community seats
- PLUS FORTS POUR PERPIGNAN AVEC AGNES LANGEVINE ET ANNABELLE BRUNET43 community seats
- SOYONS FIERS DE PERPIGNAN42 community seats
- PERPIGNAN, CHANGEZ D'AIR !22 community seats
- PERPIGNAN AUTREMENT21 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 Perpignan 38 seats on the council of the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée 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: Louis Aliot · 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 21, 2026Louis Aliot
- 2Deputy mayors20 adjoints, elected by the councilCharles PonsVéronique DeroubaixAndré BonetChantal BruziFrançois DussaubatPatricia FourquetFrédéric Guillaumon-HomsIsabelle de Noêll Marchesan+12 more
- 3Perpignan municipal council55 seats by listCONTINUONS ENSEMBLE AVEC LOUIS ALIOT 43 · PLUS FORTS POUR PERPIGNAN AVEC AGNES LANGEVINE ET ANNABELLE BRUNET 4 · SOYONS FIERS DE PERPIGNAN 4 · PERPIGNAN, CHANGEZ D'AIR ! 2 · PERPIGNAN AUTREMENT 2
- 4Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée MétropolePerpignan holds 38 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 Perpignan municipal council
The mayor and 20 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Aliot | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Charles Pons | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Véronique Deroubaix | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| André Bonet | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Chantal Bruzi | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| François Dussaubat | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Patricia Fourquet | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frédéric Guillaumon-Homs | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Isabelle de Noêll Marchesan | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frédéric Gourier | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Xavier Baudry | 10ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Fatima Dahine | 11ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Jean-Yves Gatault | 12ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Isabelle Bertran | 13ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| David Tranchecoste | 14ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Catherine Pujol | 15ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Pierre Parrat | 16ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Danielle Pujol | 17ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Jean-Philippe Schemla | 18ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Laurence Pignier | 19ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Philippe Benguigui | 20ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
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| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Aliot | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Charles Pons | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Véronique Deroubaix | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| André Bonet | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Chantal Bruzi | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| François Dussaubat | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Patricia Fourquet | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frédéric Guillaumon-Homs | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Isabelle de Noêll Marchesan | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frédéric Gourier | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Xavier Baudry | 10ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Fatima Dahine | 11ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Jean-Yves Gatault | 12ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Isabelle Bertran | 13ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| David Tranchecoste | 14ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Catherine Pujol | 15ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Pierre Parrat | 16ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Danielle Pujol | 17ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Jean-Philippe Schemla | 18ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Laurence Pignier | 19ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Philippe Benguigui | 20ème adjoint au Maire | June 17, 2026 |
| Hervé Abel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Christian Aliet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Luc Antoniazzi | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Hélène Baret | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Louis Bertrand | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Emmanuel Blanc | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Mathias Blanc | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Clarisse Bourquin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Annabelle Brunet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Alain Cavalière | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Dominique d'Agnello | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sandrine Dogor-Such | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Françoise Fiter | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Christine Gavalda-Moulenat | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Christine Gonzalez | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Yves Guizard | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Anne Huberlant | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Mickaël Idrac | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Lauriane Josende | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Bernard Lamothe | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Agnès Langevine | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marie-Christine Marchesi | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Michèle Martinez | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Naïma Mokhtari | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Florence Moly | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Frédéric Monteil | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Bruno Nougayrède | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| François Parrat | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Claude Pinget | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Michèle Ricci | Conseiller municipal | March 17, 2026 |
| Franck Rémi | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Anaïs Sabatini | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marine Tardieu | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Gilles Tibié | Conseiller municipal | April 10, 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 Perpignan, above.
How Perpignan voted in March 2026
6 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
33,265 votes cast for a list
34,181 of 71,591 registered voters in Perpignan voted.
546 blank and 370 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.
Perpignan spends €1,821 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
Perpignan owed €191.1M at the end of 2025, €1,560 per resident, higher than in 89% of compared French communes, equal to 109% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,821 | €387 | €1,560 | €191.1M |
| 2024 | €1,833 | €402 | €1,604 | €194.3M |
| 2023 | €1,925 | €462 | €1,655 | €197.7M |
| 2022 | €1,815 | €467 | €1,644 | €198.6M |
| 2021 | €1,744 | €455 | €1,673 | €201.8M |
| 2020 | €1,540 | €339 | €1,683 | €204.8M |
| 2019 | €1,589 | €373 | €1,736 | €214.5M |
| 2018 | €1,556 | €344 | €1,829 | €226.3M |
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: Brest, €234. Highest: Argenteuil, €3,303.
Have a say in Perpignan
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 Perpignan 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 Perpignan’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Perpignan?
Louis Aliot, mayor since March 21, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Perpignan have?
The Perpignan municipal council has 55 members, the mayor and 20 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Perpignan?
CONTINUONS ENSEMBLE AVEC LOUIS ALIOT, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 50.6% of the votes; it holds 43 of the 55 seats.
What was the turnout in Perpignan?
47.7% 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 Perpignan?
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 Perpignan have?
€191.1M at the end of 2025, €1,560 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Perpignan part of?
Perpignan is part of the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée 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.