mayor of a place in France
Let an agent explain the role, election and powers of a French mayor from the code of local government, relay how to contact a mairie and what services it provides, and keep statements about individual mayors sourced and neutral.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Office What the office is.
Election
How a mayor is chosen.
Election
Election.
- How is a mayor elected, for what term, and who may stand? definition
- Is the question about a French mayor or a mayor elsewhere? boundary
Powers
Powers and duties.
Powers
Powers.
- What powers does the mayor hold for the commune and as agent of the state? definition
- Which entry fits the municipal council? action
Service The mairie.
Services
Mairie services.
Services
Services.
- What services does the mairie provide, and how are they reached? provenance
- Which entry fits civil registration? action
Local
Local decisions.
Local
Local.
- How are planning, local policing and municipal services decided and appealed? provenance
- Is the user asking for legal advice on a dispute with a commune, which needs a lawyer? boundary
Rules Law and accountability.
Law
Legal framework.
Law
Law.
- Which codes govern the office, and what incompatibilities and cumulation limits apply? provenance
- Where is the current text published? provenance
Accountability
Oversight.
Accountability
Accountability.
- How is a mayor held accountable by the prefect, courts and voters? provenance
- Are statements about a specific mayor sourced and neutral? boundary
Context History and comparison.
History
History of the office.
History
History.
- How did the office develop since the Revolution and decentralisation? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Comparison
Other countries.
Comparison
Comparison.
- How does the French mayor compare with mayors in other systems? provenance
- Which entry fits local government generally? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
What it is Filled
The elected head of a commune in France, chosen by the municipal council from among its members after municipal elections, who chairs the council, executes its decisions, heads the municipal administration and acts as a representative of the state for civil registration, policing powers and the enforcement of laws within the commune.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the role, election and powers of a French mayor from the code of local government, relay how to contact a mairie and what services it provides, and keep statements about individual mayors sourced and neutral.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Elected by the council, not directly by voters
- Acts both for the commune and as agent of the state
- Holds civil registrar and municipal police powers
- Office exists in every commune regardless of size
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Impersonate a mayor or issue notices in a mayor's name.
- Attribute statements or actions to a mayor without evidence.
- Harass or threaten a mayor, or encourage others to.
- Present a mayor's personal data beyond what is public.
Only with a human decision
- Contacting a mayor on a citizen's behalf about civil status or local decisions.
May
- Explain the mayor's role, election and powers in French communes.
- Report who holds the office from official sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- French mayors face growing threats and violence.
- Mayors act as officers of civil status and hold power over residents' records.
Who is affected
- Mayors
- Residents of the commune
Owners Filled
Steward
The commune, whose municipal council elects the mayor; the state keeps the national register of elected officials.
Master systems
- National directory of elected officials
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q30185 - registry parent class
related
- mayor - the general office
- commune of France - the unit governed
- municipal council - the electing body
- General Code of Local Authorities - the law that defines the office
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.mayor-of-a-place-in-france
- Wikidata: Q382617 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382617)
- commune INSEE code: five characters identifies the commune
- national register of elected officials: RNE official listing
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- term: 6 years - aligned with municipal elections
- communes: about 35000 communes - each has a mayor
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Elected by the municipal council of a French commune
- Tricolour sash at ceremonies and civil weddings
- Mayors in other countries and French departmental or regional presidents are separate entries
- A person wearing a tricolour sash at official functions; the office is seated in the mairie.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain how a mayor is elected and what powers the office holds
- explain the dual role for the commune and for the state
- relay mairie services and how to reach them
- route questions about a specific mayor to official records
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflicts of interest and misuse of public funds
- Resignations and burnout in small communes
- Confusing the mayor with the prefect or the intercommunal president
- Unsourced statements about living office holders
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Code general des collectivites territoriales
- Electoral code provisions on municipal elections
- Civil code provisions on civil registration
- Rules on incompatibilities and cumulation of mandates
Context of use required Filled
- Leading and administering a French commune.
- mayors of small rural communes
- mayors of cities with district mayors in Paris, Lyon and Marseille
- deputy mayors with delegated powers
- mayors of overseas communes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q382617: mayor of a place in France - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Mayor (France) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should the office be modelled per commune size?
- How should the national register be linked?
- How should mayors of other countries be related?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q382617/spec.json