In France, a mayor (French: maire), (Occitan: cònsol) is chairperson of the municipal council, which organises the work and deliberates on municipal matters. The mayor also has significant powers and their own responsibilities, such as the responsibility for the activities of municipal police and for the management of municipal staff.
The officeholder is also the representative of the state in the commune. As such, the mayor is a civil officer of the State (Officier d´état civil) and judiciary police officer (Officier de police judiciaire). The term period of office for a mayor is six years.
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