Departmental council

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The Departmental council is the local deliberative assembly in French departments, responsible for managing departmental affairs such as social services, infrastructure, and education.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Departmental council canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf departmental institution ⓘ
local deliberative assembly ⓘ
adopts departmental budget ⓘ
departmental policies ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialUnit French department ⓘ
belongsToAdministrativeTier intermediate level between commune and region ⓘ
budgetSource local taxation ⓘ
state transfers ⓘ
canCreate departmental public institutions ⓘ
canDelegateTo President of the Departmental council ⓘ
canGrant subsidies to communes ⓘ
controls departmental executive ⓘ
cooperatesWith communal councils ⓘ
regional councils ⓘ
country France ⓘ
electedBy universal suffrage ⓘ
electionLevel canton ⓘ
electionSystem two-round majority voting system ⓘ
governs departmental affairs ⓘ
hasCommittee standing committees ⓘ
hasHead President of the Departmental council ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver social action ⓘ
territorial solidarity within the department ⓘ
hasMember departmental councillor ⓘ
hasPower regulatory power within departmental competences ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
legalFramework French General Code of Territorial Collectivities ⓘ
legalStatus deliberative assembly of the department ⓘ
meetsFrequency several times per year ⓘ
meetsIn departmental capital ⓘ
nameChangeEffectiveFrom 2015 ⓘ
publicBodyType decentralized territorial collectivity organ ⓘ
replaced General council of France ⓘ
responsibleFor child welfare services ⓘ
colleges (lower secondary schools) maintenance ⓘ
departmental infrastructure ⓘ
departmental roads ⓘ
disability services at departmental level ⓘ
elderly assistance ⓘ
fire and rescue services funding at departmental level ⓘ
local economic development at departmental level ⓘ
rural development policies at departmental level ⓘ
school transport at departmental level ⓘ
social services at departmental level ⓘ
territorial planning at departmental level ⓘ
supervisedBy French state ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yvelines → governmentType → Departmental council ⓘ
Hauts-de-Seine → governmentType → Departmental council ⓘ
Loire (department) → governmentType → Departmental council ⓘ
subject linked to: Loire department
Manche → governmentType → Departmental council ⓘ
subject linked to: INSEE 50 (Manche)