While we await the results of the municipal elections held yesterday, I considered it appropriate to reflect on les mairies de France - the town halls of France.
There were 36,781 mairies in mainland France and its overseas territories in 2008 - some serving hamlets with 10 or more inhabitants. In fact just over 50% of communes controlled by a mairie, have fewer than 500 inhabitants.
Perhaps our South African municipalities are too large, resulting in the fierce political competition for their control ... small might be better!
OJ
La Mairie de Tremolat
Dordogne.
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