City hall – Mairie

The mairie (city hall) is a key place for anyone living in France.

You will get informed, orientated and helped for your everyday life procedures.

It offers many services about:

• Civil status (wedding, birth…)
• Education (school enrolment, canteen application…)
• Social welfare (with a Social Action Center (in French, Centre Communal d’Action Sociale – CCAS) which offers legal orientation and supports financially and technically other social actions)
• Maintenance and protection of the city (parks…)
• Culture (museums, public libraries…)
• Sports and hobbies (sport events)
• And many other services because each city hall has its specificities

Each of the 35,228 French cities depends on a mairie. For more information, go to your city’s mairie or read this presentation.