Administration
Having succeeded Gérard Caudron as mayor from 1977 to 2001, Jean-Michel Stievenard and his team wish to maintain balances the environnement and the economic development, the greenery and technology, the daily wellbeing and the great projects, the social one and quality, opening on the its internal comfort and rest of the world, its finance and high degree of public utility. The mayors of Villeneuve-d'Ascq since 1977 have been members of the Socialist Party (Parti socialiste).In 2008, the local elections brought back to the city council Gerard Caudron as mayor.
Villeneuve-d'Ascq is the seat of two cantons:
- Villeneuve-d'Ascq-Nord counts 31,811 inhabitants.
- Villeneuve-d'Ascq-Sud counts 33,231 inhabitants.
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