Editing Port Louis (section)

==Government==
{{main|Municipal City Council of Port Louis}}
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The local governance of Port Louis is overseen by a municipal city council. The City Council of Port Louis was first established in 1830 and is currently one of five municipal councils responsible for the urban areas in Mauritius, as organized under Local Government Act 2011.{{cn|date=April 2025}} The municipal city council has 32 members. The city is electorally divided into eight wards that each return four councillors.<ref>{{cite web |title=City/Towns |url=https://electoral.govmu.org/oec/?page_id=577 |website=Office of the Electoral Commission |access-date=15 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403012904/https://electoral.govmu.org/oec/?page_id=577 |archive-date=3 April 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Councillors then elect a Lord [[List of mayors of Port Louis|Mayor]] and a Deputy Lord Mayor. Functions of the council are performed through Departments of Administration, Finance, Land Use and Planning, Public Infrastructure, Public Health, Welfare, Parks and Gardens, and the City Library. Services delivered by the local government include preschool, kindergarten, and vocational schools, health protection, housing regulation, road services, refuse collection, cemeteries, some environmental and consumer protection services, and economic promotion activities. Other services are provided to the city by the central government. These include police services through the [[Mauritius Police Force]], which maintains two divisions responsible for the Port Louis area (Metropolitan Divisions North and South). There is also a specific Port Police, composed of the Harbour Police and Bulk Sugar Terminal Police. Their roles include providing security to cargo and facilities in the port area and enforcing laws related to harbour regulations, customs, quarantine, immigration, and drug trafficking.

Port Louis is divided into different suburbs including but not limited to:<ref name="LGact">{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Local Government and Outer Islands |title=Local Government Act 2011 |url=http://www.govmu.org/portal/goc/mlge/files/lga2011.pdf |publisher=Government of Mauritius |pages=768–770 |access-date=15 December 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="porlwi">{{Cite web |title=Municipales et villageoises : les 6 principaux changements |url=http://www.defimedia.info/defi-plus/dp-actualites/item/22100-les-6-principaux-changements.html |url-status=dead |language=fr |publisher=Le Defimedia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123040358/http://www.defimedia.info/defi-plus/dp-actualites/item/22100-les-6-principaux-changements.html |archive-date=23 November 2012 |access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>

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* Bell-Village
* Borstal
* Camp Yoloff
* Cassis
* Champ-de-Mars
* Cité La Cure
* Cité Vallijee
* Grande-Rivière-Nord-Ouest
* La Tour Koënig
* Pailles
* Plaine Lauzun
* Plaine-Verte
* Pointe-aux-Sables
* Roche-Bois
* Sainte-Croix
* Tranquebar
* Vallée-des-Prêtres
* Vallée-Pitot
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During the [[2025 Mauritian municipal elections #Port Louis|2025 municipal elections]], [[Alliance du Changement]] won 31 of the 32 council seats, while an [[Independent politician|independent]] secured one.<ref>{{cite news |title=PORT-LOUIS : Un candidat indépendant coiffe le Changement au No 8 |url=https://www.lemauricien.com/le-mauricien/port-louis-un-candidat-independant-coiffe-le-changement-au-no-8/673776/ |access-date=15 May 2025 |work=[[Le Mauricien]] |date=5 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250505103748/https://www.lemauricien.com/le-mauricien/port-louis-un-candidat-independant-coiffe-le-changement-au-no-8/673776/ |archive-date=5 May 2025 |language=fr |url-status=live}}</ref> Following the election, the council elected Aslam Hosenally of the [[Mauritian Militant Movement]] as lord mayor, who previously held the role from 2012 to 2013, and the [[Labour Party (Mauritius)|Labour Party]]'s Giovanni Hensley as deputy lord mayor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prudence |first1=Aurélio |title=Aslam Hosenally retrouve le fauteuil de lord-maire |url=https://lexpress.mu/s/aslam-hosenally-retrouve-le-fauteuil-de-lord-maire-545247 |access-date=15 May 2025 |work=[[L'Express (Mauritius)|L'Express]] |date=14 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515105113/https://lexpress.mu/s/aslam-hosenally-retrouve-le-fauteuil-de-lord-maire-545247 |archive-date=15 May 2025 |language=fr |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Municipales 2025 : Aslam Adam Hossenally élu lord-maire, il aura comme adjoint Giovani Hensley Laclé |url=https://topfm.mu/municipales-2025-aslam-adam-hossenally-elu-lord-maire-il-aura-comme-adjoint-giovani-hensley-lacle |access-date=15 May 2025 |work=[[Top FM (Mauritius)|Top FM]] |date=14 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515105522/https://topfm.mu/municipales-2025-aslam-adam-hossenally-elu-lord-maire-il-aura-comme-adjoint-giovani-hensley-lacle |archive-date=15 May 2025 |language=fr |url-status=live}}</ref>