# Departmental Council of Loire-Atlantique

The Departmental Council of Loire-Atlantique (French: Conseil départemental de la Loire-Atlantique, Breton: Kuzul-departamant Liger-Atlantel), called the 'General Council of Loire-Inférieure' between 1800 and 1957, then 'General Council of Loire-Atlantique' until 2015, is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Loire-Atlantique. Its headquarters are in Nantes.

## Executive
### The President

The president of the Loire-Atlantique departmental council has been Michel Ménard (PS) since July 1, 2021.

### The vice-presidents

The president of the departmental council is assisted by 15 vice-presidents chosen from among the departmental councillors. Each of them has a delegation of authority.
List of vice presidents of the departmental council of Loire-Atlantique (since 2021) :
| Order | Name | Canton (constituency) | Delegation |
| 1st | Claire Tramer | Blain | Families and child protection |
| 2nd | Jean Charrier | Machecoul-Saint-Même | Solidarity and territorial cohesion |
| 3rd | Chloé Girardot-Moitié | Nantes-7 | Resources, natural environments, biodiversity and land action |
| 4th | Jérôme Alemany | Nantes-4 | Local social action, integration and the fight against exclusion |
| 5th | Lyliane Jean | Nantes-5 | Age policy and solidarity between generations |
| 6th | Freddy Hervochon | Rezé-1 | Mobilities |
| 7th | Ombeline Accarion | Nantes-2 | People with disabilities, and autonomy |
| 8th | Vincent Danis | Nantes-1 | Education and educational policy |
| 9th | Lydie Mahé | Saint-Nazaire-1 | Human resources, social dialogue and quality of the departmental public service |
| 10th | Ali Rebouh | Nantes-5 | Finances, budget, public order and ecological transition of buildings |
| 11th | Danielle Cornet | Pontchâteau | Youth and citizenship, equality, popular education, Breton issues |
| 12th | Jean-Luc Séchet | Saint-Nazaire-2 | Agriculture, sea and coast, waterways and ports |
| 13th | Dominique Poirout | Rezé-2 | Culture and heritage |
| 14th | Rémy Orhon | Saint-Nazaire-2 | Local economic development, social and solidarity economy, tourism |
| 15th | Louise Pahun | Nantes-4 | Solidarity, responsible sports and outdoor activities |

## Composition

The Loire-Atlantique departmental council includes 62 departmental councilors from each of the 31 cantons of Loire-Atlantique.
Composition (by party) :
| Party | Acronym | Seats |
| Majority (40 seats) ||||
| Miscellaneous left | DVG | 16 |
| Union of the Left and the Ecologists | UGE | 8 |
| Socialist Party | PS | 6 |
| Union of the Left | UG | 6 |
| Divers | DIV | 4 |
| Opposition (22 seats) ||||
| Miscellaneous right | DVD | 8 |
| Union of the Right | UD | 8 |
| Union of the Right and Centre | UDC | 4 |
| Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | 2 |

## The delegations

The departmental council has decentralized part of its services within six territorial delegations. These bring together services dedicated to solidarity, planning and local development.
* Delegation of Nantes, located at 26 Boulevard Victor Hugo, Nantes, it covers the territory of the Nantes Metropolis.
* Delegation of Saint-Nazaire, located at 12, place Pierre-Semard in Saint-Nazaire and 90 rue Maurice Sambron in Pontchâteau.
* Delegation of Pays de Retz, located at 10-12, rue du Docteur-Guilmin in Pornic and 6, rue Galilée in Machecoul.
* Delegation of Châteaubriant, located at 10, rue d'Ancenis in Châteaubriant and at 29, route de Nantes in Nozay.
* Delegation of Vignoble, located at 2, cours des Marches-de-Bretagne in Clisson.
* Delegation of Ancenis, located at 118, place du Maréchal-Foch in Ancenis.

## Headquarters

The Hôtel de Département, adjoining the Hôtel de Préfecture de la Loire-Atlantique, located on the Quai Ceineray, is partly made up of two private mansions, the Hôtel Mellient [fr] and the Hôtel Urvoy de Saint-Bedan [fr], dating from the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century.
The department's administrative services building, less than 100 meters from the department hall, dates from 2011, and was built on the site of Nantes' first power plant (1891), whose new building preserved three stone portals of the facade.