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Departmental council (France)

Administrative bodies governing French départements / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The departmental councils (French: conseils départementaux; singular, conseil départemental) of France are representative assemblies elected by universal suffrage in 98 of the country's 101 departments.[1] Prior to the 2015 French departmental elections they were known as general councils (conseils généraux; singular, conseil général).[2]

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Current political majority in each departmental council: