Editing Municipalities of Belgium (section)

==Municipal organization==
===Mayor===
The mayor ({{langx|nl|burgemeester}}; {{langx|fr|bourgmestre}}; {{langx|de|Bürgermeister}}) is not only the head of the municipality but also the representative of the [[Communities and regions of Belgium|regional]] and the [[Belgian Federal Government|federal government]] at the local level. In that capacity, they are responsible for the execution of [[law]]s, [[decree]]s, [[Ordinance (Belgium)|ordinance]]s and orders. The mayor is also responsible for the maintenance of public order in their municipality. They chair the college of mayor and aldermen or the municipal college, depending on the [[Communities and regions of Belgium|region]], as well.

In the [[Flanders]] and [[Brussels]], the mayor is appointed by the regional government, on the nomination of the municipal council, for a term of office of six years. In [[Wallonia]], the mayor is the municipal councillor who received the largest number of preferential votes of the majority party that received the largest number of votes in the municipal elections. Hence, it is also possible that the mayor is not a member of the largest party, as the largest party is not always part of the governing coalition. It is also possible in Wallonia for the municipal council to adopt a constructive [[motion of no confidence]] in the municipal college.

===College===
The executive organ of the municipality is known as the college of mayor and aldermen ({{langx|nl|college van burgemeester en schepenen}}; {{langx|fr|collège des bourgmestre et échevins}}), commonly referred to as the college of aldermen ({{langx|nl|schepencollege}}; {{langx|fr|collège échevinal}}), in Flanders and Brussels, and as the municipal college ({{langx|fr|collège communal}}; {{langx|de|gemeindekollegium}}) in Wallonia. This college is responsible for the daily administration of the municipality. It is also responsible for the preparation and implementation of the decisions of the municipal council.

===Council===
The municipal council ({{langx|nl|gemeenteraad}}; {{langx|fr|conseil communal}}; {{langx|de|Gemeinderat}}) is the representative assembly of the municipality and consists of members directly elected for a term of office of six years. The number of municipal councillors depends on the number of inhabitants of the municipality, and can vary from 7 to 55. It is responsible for all matters that are of municipal interest.