Fontenay-le-Comte invested more per resident in 2025 than 87% of compared communes
Ludovic Hocbon has been mayor of Fontenay-le-Comte since March 22, 2026, elected by the 33 members of the municipal council. At the March 2026 municipal elections, FONTENAY AU COEUR won 26 of the 33 seats in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 51.1% of the votes. Fontenay-le-Comte is part of the Communauté de communes Pays de Fontenay-Vendée.
March 2032
Councils are elected for six years; the council elects the mayor.
Register to vote ↗Throughout this page, the median in Vendée and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What stands out about Fontenay-le-Comte’s town hall
Decided in a second round
No list won half the votes in the first round, when 5 lists stood. In the second round on March 22, 2026, FONTENAY AU COEUR came first with 51.1% and took 26 of the 33 seats; the other lists share the remaining 7. Who’s in charge ↓
Turnout above most communes
65.4% of registered voters in Fontenay-le-Comte voted on March 15, 2026: higher than in 85% of compared French communes. The median of compared communes in Vendée was 60.8%; across France, 57.4%. 2026 elections ↓
More debt per resident than most
Fontenay-le-Comte owed €15.3M at the end of 2025, €1,059 per resident: higher than in 72% of compared French communes (France median €748). That equals 91% of a year’s running costs. The commune’s money ↓
A big year for investment
Fontenay-le-Comte invested €779 per resident (buildings, roads, equipment), 40% of its spending: higher 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.
- FONTENAY AU COEUR2613 community seats
- VIVRE FONTENAY AUTREMENT42 community seats
- UNIS POUR FONTENAY21 community seat
- FONTENAY LA VOIX DU TERRAIN11 community seat
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 Fontenay-le-Comte 17 seats on the council of the Communauté de communes Pays de Fontenay-Vendée (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: Ludovic Hocbon · 33 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 22, 2026Ludovic Hocbon
- 2Deputy mayors9 adjoints, elected by the councilBenjamin VergnaudChristelle RouhaudLudovic BaudryMarine BrandonSébastien VerdonSophie DabinGuillaume PorcheronLydie Capron+1 more
- 3Fontenay-le-Comte municipal council33 seats by listFONTENAY AU COEUR 26 · VIVRE FONTENAY AUTREMENT 4 · UNIS POUR FONTENAY 2 · FONTENAY LA VOIX DU TERRAIN 1
- 4Communauté de communes Pays de Fontenay-VendéeFontenay-le-Comte holds 17 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 33 members of the Fontenay-le-Comte municipal council
The mayor and 9 deputy mayors first, then the councilors.
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Ludovic Hocbon | Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Benjamin Vergnaud | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Christelle Rouhaud | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Ludovic Baudry | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Marine Brandon | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Sébastien Verdon | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Sophie Dabin | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Guillaume Porcheron | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Lydie Capron | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Michel Muller | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
Show the full council (33)
| Name | Office | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Ludovic Hocbon | Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Benjamin Vergnaud | 1er adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Christelle Rouhaud | 2ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Ludovic Baudry | 3ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Marine Brandon | 4ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Sébastien Verdon | 5ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Sophie Dabin | 6ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Guillaume Porcheron | 7ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Lydie Capron | 8ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Michel Muller | 9ème adjoint au Maire | March 22, 2026 |
| Estelle Batiot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Emmanuelle Bernard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| François-Xavier Berthod | Conseiller municipal | March 28, 2026 |
| Antoine Boissinot | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Marie Bonneau Gobin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphane Bouillaud | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Catherine Champarnaud-Roturier | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Stéphanie Claye | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Alice Debard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Patricia Drouin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Kévin Duguy | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Matthieu Foulonneau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Isabelle Foyard | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Paul Gaboriau | Conseiller municipal | March 28, 2026 |
| Charlotte Gicquel | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Philippe Guyonnet | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Matthias Lemoine | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Ghislaine Légeron | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Emeline Morin | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Pascal Plaut | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Christelle Trudeau | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Dominique Verhaeghe-Grillo | Conseiller municipal | March 22, 2026 |
| Simon Vincent | 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 Fontenay-le-Comte, above.
How Fontenay-le-Comte voted in March 2026
5 lists stood in the first round; none won half the votes, so a second round followed.
5,817 votes cast for a list
5,978 of 9,552 registered voters in Fontenay-le-Comte voted.
61 blank and 100 spoilt ballots, not counted in the shares.
6,150 votes cast for a list · no seats given out: a second round followed
6,243 of 9,552 registered voters in Fontenay-le-Comte voted.
49 blank and 44 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.
Fontenay-le-Comte spends €1,940 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
Fontenay-le-Comte owed €15.3M at the end of 2025, €1,059 per resident, higher than in 72% of compared French communes, equal to 91% of a year’s running costs.
Show year by year
| Year | Spending | Investment | Debt | Debt in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,940 | €779 | €1,059 | €15.3M |
| 2024 | €1,823 | €655 | €1,175 | €16.6M |
| 2023 | €1,505 | €422 | €793 | €11M |
| 2022 | €1,302 | €264 | €860 | €12M |
| 2021 | €1,390 | €468 | €851 | €11.9M |
| 2020 | €1,243 | €251 | €927 | €12.9M |
| 2019 | €1,406 | €389 | €1,129 | €15.9M |
| 2018 | €1,466 | €464 | €1,013 | €14.5M |
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: Berre-l'Étang, €1. Highest: Juvignac, €1,919.
Have a say in Fontenay-le-Comte
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 Fontenay-le-Comte 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 Fontenay-le-Comte’s town hall
Who is the mayor of Fontenay-le-Comte?
Ludovic Hocbon, mayor since March 22, 2026, according to the Interior ministry’s register of elected officials (August 11, 2026).
How many councilors does Fontenay-le-Comte have?
The Fontenay-le-Comte municipal council has 33 members, the mayor and 9 deputy mayors included.
Who won the 2026 municipal elections in Fontenay-le-Comte?
FONTENAY AU COEUR, in the second round on March 22, 2026, with 51.1% of the votes; it holds 26 of the 33 seats.
What was the turnout in Fontenay-le-Comte?
65.4% 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 Fontenay-le-Comte?
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 Fontenay-le-Comte have?
€15.3M at the end of 2025, €1,059 per resident; the median of compared French communes was €748.
Which intercommunality is Fontenay-le-Comte part of?
Fontenay-le-Comte is part of the Communauté de communes Pays de Fontenay-Vendée, 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.