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This list, which has been compiled using the list of the largest cities and towns of France published by "About France" to ensure completeness, [2] includes nearly 100 surviving buildings. The oldest town hall is Hôtel de Ville, La Rochelle completed in 1298, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and the tallest town hall is Hôtel de Ville, Lille with a clock tower ...
The council votes on the municipal budget, prepared by the mayor and his deputies, and local tax rates, creates and removes the jobs of municipal officials, allows acquisitions and disposals of the commune, [22] approves loans and grants for the town, fixed tariffs for communal services and parking on the street.
Each province, municipality, city and district has a People's Committee (executive) and a People's Council (legislative) For example: People's Committee of Hanoi and People's Council of Hanoi
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There are many administrative divisions, which may have political (local government), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the state) objectives. All the inhabited territories are represented in the National Assembly , Senate and Economic and Social Council and their citizens have French citizenship and elect the ...
After many years as rivals, Essel and Silor merged on 1 January 1972 to form Essilor, then the world's third-largest ophthalmic optical firm. [1] Its first year of existence was marked by the creation of Valoptec, a non-trading company composed of stockholder managers who held half the company's capital stock, and the purchase of Benoist-Bethiot, a French lens manufacturer specializing in ...
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The city hall (mairie centrale) does not generally have direct contact with the citizens and is in charge of larger matters such as economic development or local taxation. It was felt that the arrondissements should deal with the individual matters of citizens, the local arrondissement town halls being more accessible than the centralised city ...