French Mayors

Mayors of French cities, towns, and arrondissements

This dataset lists elected mayors of French cities, towns, and boroughs (arrondissements).

The data is collected from the open data platform of the French government. The dataset itself is compiled by the French Ministry of the Interior and Overseas using information from regional prefectures, and is updated quarterly.

Data overview

Entities:
Total96,595
Searchable64,120
Targets32,475
Entity types:
People32,475
Positions31,645
Countries:
France64,120
Publisher:Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-Mer (MIOM) · France

The portal data.gouv.fr, created by the Direction Interministérielle du Numérique, is an open community platform aiming to centralize and structure open data in France, in order to encourage transparency and efficiency in the public sector while facilitating the creation of new online services.

Data is provided under the French Government's Open License

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:www.data.gouv.fr
Source data:www.data.gouv.fr · CSV
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:2026-04-27 16:13:55 · v. 20260427161355-lto
Last change:
Warnings:1 Warning

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities40.53 MB
names.txtTarget names text file1.15 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format35.26 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON41.1 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV5.55 MB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Nathalie DE BRUYNEPersonFrance
Christian SABYPersonFrance
Viviane BARBAZANPersonFrance
Samuel COMBERNOUXPersonFrance
Stéphanie DUFOURPersonFrance
Sophie HUNAULTPersonFrance
Agnès LANDUREAUPersonFrance
Patrick CIBOISPersonFrance
Benoît DELBECQUEPersonFrance
Bouzid DJEBARPersonFrance
Alain HORYPersonFrance
Laurent HUVÉPersonFrance
Cédric BRICHLERPersonFrance
Thierry TURLANPersonFrance
Nathalie KALTENBACHPersonFrance
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