In Créteil, turnout was lower than in 93% of compared French communes
Laurent Cathala has been mayor of Créteil since March 29, 2026, elected by the 53 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, Bien Ensemble won 40 of the 53 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 50.7% of the votes. Créteil is part of the Métropole du Grand Paris.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Val-de-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 Créteil’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 7 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, Bien Ensemble came first with 50.7% and took 40 of the 53 seats; the other lists share the remaining 13. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout below most communes
42.9% of registered voters in Créteil voted on March 15, 2026: lower than in 93% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Val-de-Marne was 50.9%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
More debt per resident than most
Créteil owed €136.3M at the end of 2025, €1,461 per resident: higher than in 87% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 93% of a year’s running costs. The commune’s money ↓
Little investment
Créteil invested €190 per resident (buildings, roads, equipment), 11% of its spending: lower than in 87% 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.
- Bien Ensemble402 community seats
- Pour Créteil, avançons70 community seats
- Faire mieux pour Créteil60 community seats
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. The same vote gave Créteil 2 seats on the council of the Métropole du Grand Paris (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: Laurent Cathala · 53 councilors
Housing and planning strategy for Greater Paris, economic development, flood prevention and the low-emission zone. Waste and water sit with the territorial bodies (EPT) and the City of Paris.
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 29, 2026Laurent Cathala
- 2Deputy mayors20 adjoints, elected by the councilAntoine PelissoloMaguy BoulardAxel UrginFrédérique HachmiAlbert ElharrarChantal VallierMoncef MaïzJosette Sol+12 more
- 3Créteil municipal council53 seats by listBien Ensemble 40 · Pour Créteil, avançons 7 · Faire mieux pour Créteil 6
- 4Métropole du Grand ParisCréteil holds 2 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 53 members of the Créteil municipal council
The mayor and 20 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Laurent Cathala | Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Antoine Pelissolo | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Maguy Boulard | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Axel Urgin | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Frédérique Hachmi | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Albert Elharrar | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Chantal Vallier | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Moncef Maïz | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Josette Sol | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Luc Mboumba | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Magali Rousseau | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Jean-Philippe Bien | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Magda Vorchin | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Olivier Place | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Martine Garrigou-Gaucherand | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Eric Toledano | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Nelly Diallo | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Alain Dukan | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Dominique Henon | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Maurice Braud | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Samira Adnane | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
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| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Laurent Cathala | Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Antoine Pelissolo | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Maguy Boulard | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Axel Urgin | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Frédérique Hachmi | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Albert Elharrar | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Chantal Vallier | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Moncef Maïz | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Josette Sol | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Luc Mboumba | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Magali Rousseau | 10ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Jean-Philippe Bien | 11ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Magda Vorchin | 12ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Olivier Place | 13ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Martine Garrigou-Gaucherand | 14ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Eric Toledano | 15ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Nelly Diallo | 16ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Alain Dukan | 17ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Dominique Henon | 18ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Maurice Braud | 19ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Samira Adnane | 20ème adjoint au Maire | March 29, 2026 |
| Pauline Anamba-Onana | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphane Bachschmidt | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Evelyne Batenguek | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Patrick Baulu | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Thémis Belkhadra | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Gabriela Botros | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Naceur Boukhentache | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Murielle Christon | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Thomas Defortescu | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Diaoulé Diawara | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Abdoulbar Djaffar | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nadia Elezaar | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Eric Esor | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Massilya Hamraoui | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Flavie Lambelain | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylvie Le Maux | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marchel Lenoir | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Jean-Jacques Maillot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Clément Martin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Thomas Martin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marie Mattei | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mehdi Mockel | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Fahim Mohammad | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Isabelle Morvan | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylvie Méligne | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Joseph Palmier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mathilde Probel | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylviane Rupaire | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Nayla Sammour Sawaya | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Mohammed Tahri | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Aminata Tandia | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Sylvain Thezard | 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 Créteil, above.
How Créteil voted in March 2026
7 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
19,325 votes cast for a list
19,755 of 47,256 registered voters in Créteil voted.
244 blank and 186 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
19,844 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
20,276 of 47,247 registered voters in Créteil voted.
239 blank and 193 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.
Créteil spends €1,765 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
Créteil owed €136.3M at the end of 2025, €1,461 per resident, higher than in 87% of compared French communes, equal to 93% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,765 | €190 | €1,461 | €136.3M |
| 2024 | €1,818 | €251 | €1,480 | €138.3M |
| 2023 | €1,725 | €183 | €1,474 | €137.1M |
| 2022 | €1,636 | €168 | €1,452 | €136.1M |
| 2021 | €1,624 | €177 | €1,474 | €136.7M |
| 2020 | €1,602 | €179 | €1,502 | €136.8M |
| 2019 | €1,642 | €224 | €1,534 | €138.1M |
| 2018 | €1,579 | €206 | €1,527 | €139.6M |
Source: OFGL, consolidated commune accounts 2018–2025 (DGFiP); 2025 provisional.
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.
Lowest: Versailles, €483. Highest: Argenteuil, €3,303.
Have a say in Créteil
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 Créteil 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 Créteil’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Créteil?
Laurent Cathala, mayor since March 29, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Créteil have?
The Créteil municipal council has 53 members, the mayor and 20 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Créteil?
Bien Ensemble, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 50.7% of the votes; it holds 40 of the 53 seats.
What was the turnout in Créteil?
42.9% 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 Créteil?
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 Créteil have?
€136.3M at the end of 2025, €1,461 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Créteil part of?
Créteil is part of the Métropole du Grand Paris, 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.