Space · Neighbourhood or village
Saillans, democracia participativa municipal
Saillans · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · France
Between 2014 and 2020, a citizens' list with no leader or fixed manifesto governed this Drôme municipality using participatory democracy methods: commissions open to any resident, a shared budget and collegial decisions among councillors. It became a national reference, consulted by seven hundred and thirty communes. In the elections of March 2020 the list lost by just eighteen votes, which ended the experience as formal municipal government.
- Led by
- A citizen and collegial list of Saillans residents
- Status
- Transformed
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- The village is freely accessible; there is no specific facility to visit
- Website
- mairiedesaillans26.fr ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Dans la Drôme, la dynamique des listes citoyennes portée par l'exemple de Saillans ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Reporterre
- Même achevée, la gouvernance citoyenne a marqué les esprits à Saillans ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · La Gazette des Communes
- Saillans : la liste participative et citoyenne battue de 18 voix ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Médias Citoyens Diois