mairie

Examples

• All

• Jean-Baptiste arranged the marriage at the mairie.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Jean-Baptiste arranged the marriage at the mairie.

• To the Mairie.

  Fiction book (1993)

• At the Mairie, Amedee Douarnez's wheelbarrow, lined with gunny sacks, was parked near the door.

  Fiction book (1993)

• He then submitted his design for statuary for the mairie of one of the Paris arrondissements, also without success, and only with some help from friends did he finally get assigned to do one of the several hundred statues projected for the new Hôtel de Ville.

  Academic text (1995)

• The ceremony was civil, at the mairie of the 14th arrondissement, around the corner.

• At the mairie, Amedee Douarnez's wheelbarrow, lined with gunny sacks, was parked near the door.

Synonyms

M

municipality

vsmairie

63 4.4

A town or city that has its own local government and the people who run it

focuses more on the administration and building than on the territory

M

muni

vsmairie

• Jargon

5 8.5

The local government of a city or town

is the formal administration and building used in official contexts

M

municipal government

vsmairie

4 3.7

A local group of people who run a city or town

also covers the building and mayoral office as parts of administration

A

ayuntamiento

vsmairie

9.9

Local government or town hall building where officials meet

is the equivalent in French speaking areas rather than Spanish ones

L

local city hall

vsmairie

1.9

A building where local government works and holds public meetings

is broader including that building plus the mayoral office and officials

Surface Forms

Etymology