Association of Luxembourg Cities and Municipalities
Adviser: Mireille Colbach-Cruchten

3, rue Guido Oppenheim, L - 2263 Luxembourg
Tel.: +352 44 36 58 1 

Fax: +352 45 30 15
E-mail: info@syvicol.lu

Web: http://www.syvicol.lu

 

 

 

 

The municipal council is the municipality's legislative body and is composed of councillors elected for a total of six years using a proportional or first-past-the-post system, depending on the size of the municipality. The council represents the municipality and is presided over by the mayor.

 

The college of the mayor and aldermen is the municipality's executive and daily administrative body. It is composed of the mayor and the aldermen, whose number varies according to the demographic size of the municipality. The college is both a municipal body (local government management) and a state body (implementation of laws, Grand-Duke and ministerial regulations and decrees, with the exception of the police).

 

The mayor (bourgmestre) is designated by the Grand-Duke from among the municipal council members for a period of six years. He/she chairs the college of the mayor and aldermen and the council. The mayor can act both as a municipal body and as a state body.  He/she is notably in charge of implementing laws and police regulations.

 

 

. Local spatial development
. Social assistance
. Culture and sport
. Pre-primary and primary education (organisational aspect)
. Environment
. Management of water and sanitation
. Waste management
. Funeral
. Regulatory and police force
. Fire and rescue services
. Road maintenance and traffic management