In Villeurbanne, the council took a second round
Cédric Van Styvendael has been mayor of Villeurbanne since March 28, 2026, elected by the 59 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, ENGAGE.E.S POUR VILLEURBANNE- LA GAUCHE SOCIALE, ECOLOGISTE ET CITOYENNE RASSEMBLEE won 43 of the 59 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 42.6% of the votes. Villeurbanne 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 Villeurbanne’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 6 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, ENGAGE.E.S POUR VILLEURBANNE- LA GAUCHE SOCIALE, ECOLOGISTE ET CITOYENNE RASSEMBLEE came first with 42.6% and took 43 of the 59 seats; the other lists share the remaining 16. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
51.2% of registered voters in Villeurbanne voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 74% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Rhône was 58%; 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.
- ENGAGE.E.S POUR VILLEURBANNE- LA GAUCHE SOCIALE, ECOLOGISTE ET CITOYENNE RASSEMBLEE43
- AVEC JEAN-PAUL BRET POUR VILLEURBANNE5
- Villeurbanne Insoumise5
- COEUR VILLEURBANNE4
- RENDEZ-NOUS VILLEURBANNE2
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.
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: Cédric Van Styvendael · 59 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 28, 2026Cédric Van Styvendael
- 2Deputy mayors22 adjoints, elected by the councilAgnès ThouvenotOlivier GlückSonia TronJonathan BocquetLéna ArthaudAlain BrissardAurélie LoireYann Crombecque+14 more
- 3Villeurbanne municipal council59 seats by listENGAGE.E.S POUR VILLEURBANNE- LA GAUCHE SOCIALE, ECOLOGISTE ET CITOYENNE RASSEMBLEE 43 · AVEC JEAN-PAUL BRET POUR VILLEURBANNE 5 · Villeurbanne Insoumise 5 · COEUR VILLEURBANNE 4 · RENDEZ-NOUS VILLEURBANNE 2
Source: Interior ministry, national register of elected officials (RNE), August 11, 2026.
The 59 members of the Villeurbanne municipal council
The mayor and 22 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Cédric Van Styvendael | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Agnès Thouvenot | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Olivier Glück | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sonia Tron | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Jonathan Bocquet | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Léna Arthaud | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Alain Brissard | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Aurélie Loire | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Yann Crombecque | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Melouka Hadj-Mimoune | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Jacques Vince | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Cristina Martineau | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Stéphane Frioux | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Pauline Schlosser | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Reynald Giacalone | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Caroline Roger-Seppi | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Antoine Pelcé | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Pauline Diaz | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Mohamed Ali Mohamed Ahamada | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Emilie Prost | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sébastien Chataing | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Margot Savin | 21ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Mahrez Benhadj | 22ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
Show the full council (59)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Cédric Van Styvendael | Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Agnès Thouvenot | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Olivier Glück | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sonia Tron | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Jonathan Bocquet | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Léna Arthaud | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Alain Brissard | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Aurélie Loire | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Yann Crombecque | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Melouka Hadj-Mimoune | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Jacques Vince | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Cristina Martineau | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Stéphane Frioux | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Pauline Schlosser | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Reynald Giacalone | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Caroline Roger-Seppi | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Antoine Pelcé | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Pauline Diaz | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Mohamed Ali Mohamed Ahamada | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Emilie Prost | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Sébastien Chataing | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Margot Savin | 21ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Mahrez Benhadj | 22ème adjoint au Maire | March 28, 2026 |
| Tammouz Al-Douri | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Catherine Anavoizard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Samir Asselot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pierre Beaufaron | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Julie Bellenger | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Valérie Bendahmane | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Paul Bret | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Maxime Caminale | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Gérald Canon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Ikhlef Chikh | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Michel Christian | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Théo Cohen | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sophie Cruz | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Virginie Demars | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Cécile Després | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Hanna Dif | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Gaëlle Fabriguet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mathieu Garabedian | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Cyril Hauland Gronneberg | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Taous Kaci | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Xavière Le Roy | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Elénore Lenglet Parpaillon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Houda Maafer | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Fannie Malaterre | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mireille Malecot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Lucie Mastrolorito | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Eric Moglioni | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alexis Monteil | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Elise Munoz | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Floyd Novak | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Daouda Ouattara | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Claude Ray | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Eliott Roig | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Anissa Slimani | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Frédéric Vermeulin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Didier Vullierme | 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 Villeurbanne, above.
How Villeurbanne voted in March 2026
6 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
42,953 votes cast for a list
43,500 of 88,172 registered voters in Villeurbanne voted.
265 blank and 282 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
44,536 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
45,164 of 88,141 registered voters in Villeurbanne voted.
311 blank and 317 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.
Villeurbanne spends €1,437 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
Villeurbanne owed €112.1M at the end of 2025, €687 per resident, lower than in 55% of compared French communes, equal to 70% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,437 | €457 | €687 | €112.1M |
| 2024 | €1,521 | €508 | €588 | €92.8M |
| 2023 | €1,465 | €505 | €447 | €69.7M |
| 2022 | €1,322 | €370 | €326 | €50M |
| 2021 | €1,199 | €332 | €293 | €44.4M |
| 2020 | €1,056 | €234 | €233 | €34.7M |
| 2019 | €1,175 | €368 | €257 | €38.7M |
| 2018 | €1,097 | €293 | €215 | €32.3M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 7th 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: Brest, €234. Highest: Argenteuil, €3,303.
Have a say in Villeurbanne
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 Villeurbanne 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 Villeurbanne’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Villeurbanne?
Cédric Van Styvendael, mayor since March 28, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Villeurbanne have?
The Villeurbanne municipal council has 59 members, the mayor and 22 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Villeurbanne?
ENGAGE.E.S POUR VILLEURBANNE- LA GAUCHE SOCIALE, ECOLOGISTE ET CITOYENNE RASSEMBLEE, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 42.6% of the votes; it holds 43 of the 59 seats.
What was the turnout in Villeurbanne?
51.2% 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 Villeurbanne?
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 Villeurbanne have?
€112.1M at the end of 2025, €687 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Villeurbanne part of?
Villeurbanne 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.