Photo: PHILDIC · Public domainFontaines-Saint-Martin carries less debt per resident than 96% of compared communes
Virginie Poulain has been mayor of Fontaines-Saint-Martin since March 20, 2026, elected by the 23 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, Fontaines-Saint-Martin notre village de coeur won 20 of the 23 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 72% of the votes. Fontaines-Saint-Martin is part of the Métropole de Lyon.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Rhône and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Fontaines-Saint-Martin’s town hall
Won in the first round
Fontaines-Saint-Martin notre village de coeur won 72% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 2 lists stood. It took 20 of the 23 seats: half the seats as the list ahead, and its share of the rest. The other lists share the remaining 3. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout above most communes
65% of registered voters in Fontaines-Saint-Martin voted on March 15, 2026: higher than in 84% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Rhône was 58%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
Less debt per resident than most
Fontaines-Saint-Martin owed €296K at the end of 2025, €94 per resident: lower than in 96% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 12% of a year’s running costs. The commune’s money ↓
A big year for investment
Fontaines-Saint-Martin invested €993 per resident (buildings, roads, equipment), 56% of its spending: higher than in 93% 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.
- Fontaines-Saint-Martin notre village de coeur20
- Fontaines-Saint-Martin Par Conviction3
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.
3 authorities share the work
In the Lyon area the Métropole does the département’s work as well as the intercommunality’s.
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: Virginie Poulain · 23 councilors
The intercommunality’s work and, in its area, the département’s too (social aid, collèges, roads). Its council is elected directly.
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 20, 2026Virginie Poulain
- 2Deputy mayors6 adjoints, elected by the councilPascal RolletSabine ColliotSébastien MoreauJoëlle ClaryPhilippe BeyrandMarie-Charlotte Terrière
- 3Fontaines-Saint-Martin municipal council23 seats by listFontaines-Saint-Martin notre village de coeur 20 · Fontaines-Saint-Martin Par Conviction 3
Source: Interior ministry, national register of elected officials (RNE), August 11, 2026.
The 23 members of the Fontaines-Saint-Martin municipal council
The mayor and 6 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Virginie Poulain | Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Pascal Rollet | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Sabine Colliot | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Sébastien Moreau | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Joëlle Clary | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Philippe Beyrand | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Marie-Charlotte Terrière | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
Show the full council (23)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Virginie Poulain | Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Pascal Rollet | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Sabine Colliot | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Sébastien Moreau | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Joëlle Clary | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Philippe Beyrand | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Marie-Charlotte Terrière | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 20, 2026 |
| Chantal Bellat | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Frédérique Bonnet | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Yannick Boucher | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Murielle Cart | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Phillipe Dijoux | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Baptiste Dufeu | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Nicolas Dusson | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Pascale Lantelme | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Olivier Le Moine | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Françoise Magnin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Rémy Ouaida | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Lise Pangon | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Hubert Perrusset | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Julien Ploton | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Gilles Soudarin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Hélène Vogt | 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 Fontaines-Saint-Martin, above.
How Fontaines-Saint-Martin voted in March 2026
2 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
1,465 votes cast for a list
1,509 of 2,320 registered voters in Fontaines-Saint-Martin voted.
19 blank and 25 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.
Fontaines-Saint-Martin spends €1,788 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
Fontaines-Saint-Martin owed €296K at the end of 2025, €94 per resident, lower than in 96% of compared French communes, equal to 12% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,788 | €993 | €94 | €296K |
| 2024 | €1,164 | €331 | €166 | €514K |
| 2023 | €833 | €86 | €233 | €720K |
| 2022 | €922 | €222 | €297 | €922K |
| 2021 | €731 | €90 | €356 | €1.1M |
| 2020 | €678 | €65 | €415 | €1.3M |
| 2019 | €740 | €121 | €468 | €1.5M |
| 2018 | €856 | €233 | €520 | €1.6M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 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: Fontaines-Saint-Martin, €94. Highest: Soulac-sur-Mer, €6,488.
Have a say in Fontaines-Saint-Martin
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 Fontaines-Saint-Martin 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 Fontaines-Saint-Martin’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Fontaines-Saint-Martin?
Virginie Poulain, mayor since March 20, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Fontaines-Saint-Martin have?
The Fontaines-Saint-Martin municipal council has 23 members, the mayor and 6 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Fontaines-Saint-Martin?
Fontaines-Saint-Martin notre village de coeur, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 72% of the votes; it holds 20 of the 23 seats.
What was the turnout in Fontaines-Saint-Martin?
65% 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 Fontaines-Saint-Martin?
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 Fontaines-Saint-Martin have?
€296K at the end of 2025, €94 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Fontaines-Saint-Martin part of?
Fontaines-Saint-Martin is part of the Métropole de Lyon, 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.