Chelles invested less per resident in 2025 than 83% of compared communes
Brice Rabaste has been mayor of Chelles since March 21, 2026, elected by the 45 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, Restons bien ensemble à Chelles, avec Brice Rabaste won 38 of the 45 seats in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 61.4% of the votes. Chelles is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Paris - Vallée de la Marne.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Seine-et-Marne and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Chelles’s town hall
Won in the first round
Restons bien ensemble à Chelles, avec Brice Rabaste won 61.4% of the votes on March 15, 2026, more than half, so there was no second round; 5 lists stood. It took 38 of the 45 seats: half the seats as the list ahead, and its share of the rest. The other lists share the remaining 7. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
53.7% of registered voters in Chelles voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 65% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Seine-et-Marne was 51.8%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
Little investment
Chelles invested €214 per resident (buildings, roads, equipment), 17% of its spending: lower than in 83% 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.
- Restons bien ensemble à Chelles, avec Brice Rabaste3814 community seats
- POUR L'AVENIR DE CHELLES52 community seats
- Chelles ensemble10 community seats
- CHELLOIS-ES10 community seats
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 Chelles 16 seats on the council of the Communauté d'agglomération Paris - Vallée de la Marne (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: Brice Rabaste · 45 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, 2026Brice Rabaste
- 2Deputy mayors13 adjoints, elected by the councilPhilippe MauryColette BoissotBenoit BreysseCéline NetthavongsFrank BillardIngrid Caillis-BrandlChristian CouturierAngéla Avond+5 more
- 3Chelles municipal council45 seats by listRestons bien ensemble à Chelles, avec Brice Rabaste 38 · POUR L'AVENIR DE CHELLES 5 · Chelles ensemble 1 · CHELLOIS-ES 1
- 4Communauté d'agglomération Paris - Vallée de la MarneChelles holds 16 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 45 members of the Chelles municipal council
The mayor and 13 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Brice Rabaste | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Philippe Maury | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Colette Boissot | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Benoit Breysse | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Céline Netthavongs | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frank Billard | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Ingrid Caillis-Brandl | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Christian Couturier | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Angéla Avond | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Guillaume Ségala | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laetitia Millet | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Cédric Lassau | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Cendrine Wijngaards | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Raphaël Labreuil | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
Show the full council (45)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Brice Rabaste | Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Philippe Maury | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Colette Boissot | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Benoit Breysse | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Céline Netthavongs | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Frank Billard | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Ingrid Caillis-Brandl | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Christian Couturier | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Angéla Avond | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Guillaume Ségala | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Laetitia Millet | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Cédric Lassau | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Cendrine Wijngaards | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Raphaël Labreuil | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 21, 2026 |
| Caroline Agletiner | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Charles Aronica | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Lydie Bereziat | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Séléna Bignon | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Stéphane Bossy | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Terence Choppin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Céline de Kerpel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Lucie Delaporte | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Alizata Diallo | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Laurent Dilouya | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Hélène Dizy | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Salim Drici | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Nathalie Dubois | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Cindy Franc | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Mylène Gilewski | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Jean-Jacques Hakoune | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Hélène Herbin | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Karine Le Milinaire | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Marie-Claude Le Stanc | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Vanessa Lebeka | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Ghyath Maarof | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sarkis Papazian | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Sylvain Plédel | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Éric Pommageot | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Emma Portrat | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Laurent Schull | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Bilel Sebbouh | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Lucy Vieira | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| François-Régis Viviand | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Isidore Zossoungbo | Conseiller municipal | March 15, 2026 |
| Rustam Zubkov | 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 Chelles, above.
How Chelles voted in March 2026
5 lists stood; one won more than half the votes in the first round.
18,456 votes cast for a list
18,693 of 34,838 registered voters in Chelles voted.
125 blank and 112 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.
Chelles spends €1,281 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
Chelles owed €51M at the end of 2025, €933 per resident, higher than in 64% of compared French communes, equal to 87% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,281 | €214 | €933 | €51M |
| 2024 | €1,299 | €209 | €992 | €54.2M |
| 2023 | €1,300 | €218 | €1,056 | €57.7M |
| 2022 | €1,389 | €356 | €1,061 | €58.9M |
| 2021 | €1,216 | €252 | €1,048 | €58.1M |
| 2020 | €1,121 | €194 | €1,118 | €61.7M |
| 2019 | €1,137 | €184 | €1,199 | €65.6M |
| 2018 | €1,303 | €352 | €1,313 | €71.3M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
The 10th 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: Saint-Herblain, €81. Highest: Massy, €2,750.
Have a say in Chelles
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 Chelles 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 Chelles’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Chelles?
Brice Rabaste, mayor since March 21, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Chelles have?
The Chelles municipal council has 45 members, the mayor and 13 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Chelles?
Restons bien ensemble à Chelles, avec Brice Rabaste, in the first round on March 15, 2026, with 61.4% of the votes; it holds 38 of the 45 seats.
What was the turnout in Chelles?
53.7% 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 Chelles?
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 Chelles have?
€51M at the end of 2025, €933 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Chelles part of?
Chelles is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Paris - Vallée de la Marne, 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.