Editing Metz (section)

=== Administration ===
[[File:Place darmes (3658773965).jpg|thumb|The [[Hôtel de Ville, Metz|Hôtel de Ville]] on the Place d'Armes]]
Like every commune of the present [[French Fifth Republic|French Republic]], Metz is managed by a mayor ({{Langx|fr|maire}}) and a municipal council ({{Langx|fr|conseil municipal}}), democratically elected by [[two-round system|two-round]] [[proportional voting]] for six years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070633&idArticle=LEGIARTI000024040149&dateTexte=20120630 |title=Official French general code of territorial collectivities, French Republic |access-date=30 June 2012 |language=fr}}</ref> The mayor is assisted by 54 municipal councillors,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metz.fr/metz2/municipalite/cyber_mairie/organigramme/elus_photos.php |title=Official Metz municipality website, List of Metz municipal councilors. |access-date=24 July 2012 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512092500/http://metz.fr/metz2/municipalite/cyber_mairie/organigramme/elus_photos.php |archive-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> and the municipal council is held on the last Thursday of every month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metz.fr/metz2/municipalite/cyber_mairie/conseil/index.php |title=Official Metz municipality website, agenda and procès-verbal of the Municipal Council of Metz. |access-date=24 July 2012 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115034602/http://metz.fr/metz2/municipalite/cyber_mairie/conseil/index.php |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Since March 2009, records of municipal council meetings are available as audio files in French.</ref> Since 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mairie-metz.fr/metz2/municipalite/cyber_mairie/organigramme/lesmaires.php |title=List of mayors of Metz since 1790. |access-date=27 December 2012 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214195639/http://www.mairie-metz.fr/metz2/municipalite/cyber_mairie/organigramme/lesmaires.php |archive-date=14 February 2008}}</ref> the mayor of Metz has been [[Socialist Party (France)|socialist]] Dominique Gros.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metz.fr/metz2/municipalite/maire.php |title=Official Metz municipality website, Resume of Dominique Gros. |access-date=30 June 2012 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115033932/http://metz.fr/metz2/municipalite/maire.php |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The city belongs to the Metz Metropole union of cities, which includes the 40 cities of the Metz [[urban agglomeration]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metzmetropole.fr/site/institution_territoire_carte.php |title=Official Metz Metropole website, list of cities webpage |access-date=1 July 2012 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715002100/http://www.metzmetropole.fr/site/institution_territoire_carte.php |archive-date=15 July 2012}}</ref> Metz is the [[prefecture]] of the [[Moselle]] based in the former [[Intendant]] Palace.<ref name="politic50" /> In addition, Metz is the seat of the parliament of the [[Grand Est]] [[Regions of France|region]], hosted in the former [[Saint Clement of Metz|Saint-Clement]] Abbey.