Departmental council (France)
Administrative bodies governing French départements / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The departmental councils (French: conseils départementaux; singular, conseil départemental) of France are representative assemblies elected by universal suffrage in 98 of the country's 101 departments.[lower-alpha 1] Prior to the 2015 French departmental elections they were known as general councils (conseils généraux; singular, conseil général).[1]