page_title: Arvert
section_title: Municipal administration
hierarchical_section_title: Arvert / Policy and Administration / Municipal administration
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Mairie d'Arvert
context_page_description: Arvert is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alvertons or Alvertonnes.
context_section_description: From 1789 to 1799, under the Act of 14 December 1789, the municipal agents (equivalent to mayors) were directly elected for 2 years and re-elected by the working citizens of the town aged 25 years or more who paid a tax of at least 3 days of work in the commune. Those who were eligible paid a tax equivalent to at least ten working days.
  From 1799 to 1848, under the constitution of 22 Frimaire Year VIII (13 December 1799), mayors were appointed by the prefect for communes with less than 5,000 inhabitants. The Restoration established the appointment of mayors and councillors. After the 1831 organic law mayors were appointed (by the king for communes with more than 3,000 inhabitants, by the prefect for smaller) but councillors were elected by censal suffrage for six years.
  From 3 July 1848 to 1851 mayors were elected by the municipal council for communes with fewer than 6,000 inhabitants.
  From 1851 to 1871 mayors were appointed by the prefect for communes with less than 3,000 inhabitants and for 5 years from 1855. After 1871 mayors were elected again except in the capital towns (of departments, arrondissements, or cantons).
  It was on 28 March 1882 that the current law on municipal organization was passed which governed the principle of election of the mayor and the deputy by the council whatever the size of the commune (except for Paris). The law of 5 April 1884 fixed the term to four years, a duration increased to six years on 10 April 1929.
  According to its size, the commune has a council of 23 members (Article L2121-2 of the General Code of local authorities).
caption: The new Town Hall in the centre of town
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