{"id":1848,"date":"2026-04-18T17:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/tesaban\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:31:35","slug":"tesaban","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/tesaban\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesaban \/ Thesaban (\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25): Municipality in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>tesaban<\/strong> (\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25, official spelling <em>thesaban<\/em>, also written <em>tessaban<\/em>) is a <strong>municipality in Thailand<\/strong>, the form of elected local government used for towns and cities under the Municipality Act B.E. 2496 (1953). There are three classes: <strong>tesaban nakhon<\/strong> (city municipality), <strong>tesaban mueang<\/strong> (town municipality) and <strong>tesaban tambon<\/strong> (sub-district municipality). The tesaban is the urban counterpart of the rural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/aor-bor-tor\/\">Aor Bor Tor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table des mati\u00e8res<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#the-three-classes-of-municipality\">The three classes of municipality<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-a-tesaban-is-governed\">How a tesaban is governed<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-the-tesaban-does-for-a-foreign-resident-or-owner\">What the tesaban does for a foreign resident or owner<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-three-classes-of-municipality\">The three classes of municipality<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Classe<\/th><th>tha\u00eflandais<\/th><th>Main criterion<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Tesaban nakhon (city)<\/td><td>\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25\u0e19\u0e04\u0e23<\/td><td>Population of at least 50,000 and sufficient income<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tesaban mueang (town)<\/td><td>\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07<\/td><td>Provincial capital, or population of at least 10,000 and sufficient income<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tesaban tambon (sub-district)<\/td><td>\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25\u0e15\u0e33\u0e1a\u0e25<\/td><td>Population of at least 5,000, minimum income and density set by the Ministry of Interior<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most tesaban tambon were sanitary districts (sukhaphiban) until May 1999, when all of them were upgraded to municipalities. A rural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/aor-bor-tor\/\">Aor Bor Tor<\/a> that grows can also be upgraded to a tesaban tambon. Pattaya City has its own status under the Pattaya City Administration Act B.E. 2542 (1999), equivalent to a city municipality, and Bangkok is governed by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration rather than as a tesaban.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-a-tesaban-is-governed\">How a tesaban is governed<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each municipality is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/juristic-person\/\">personne morale<\/a> with a <strong>mayor<\/strong> (nayok tesamontri, \u0e19\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e21\u0e19\u0e15\u0e23\u0e35) and a municipal council, both directly elected by residents for four-year terms since the Municipality Act (No. 12) B.E. 2546 (2003). The mayor is the <em>local official<\/em> for most of the laws that affect property and businesses inside the municipal boundary, and the municipality has its own budget, staff and by-laws (thetsabanyat).<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-the-tesaban-does-for-a-foreign-resident-or-owner\">What the tesaban does for a foreign resident or owner<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/building-permit\/\">Building permits<\/a>.<\/strong> Under the Building Control Act B.E. 2522 (1979) the mayor is the local official who issues the permit to build, modify or demolish (form Or. 1), which is why a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/building-permits-as-proof-of-ownership-for-foreign-property-owners-in-thailand\/\">building permit is useful evidence of ownership<\/a> of a house. See also our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/construction-law-in-thailand\/\">construction law in Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>House registration.<\/strong> A municipal office is a local registration office under the Civil Registration Act B.E. 2534, so inside a tesaban the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/tabien-baan\/\">tabien baan<\/a> et le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-yellow-house-book-ta-bien-baan\/\">yellow book for foreigners<\/a> are issued by the municipal registrar, not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/amphoe-or-amphur-district-office\/\">amphoe<\/a>. Marriage and divorce registration remain with the amphoe or khet.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Local taxes and licences.<\/strong> The tesaban assesses and collects the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/land-and-building-tax\/\">land and building tax<\/a> under the Land and Building Tax Act B.E. 2562 (2019) and the signboard tax (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/property-taxes-in-thailand\/\">imp\u00f4ts fonciers en Tha\u00eflande<\/a>). It issues licences under the Public Health Act B.E. 2535 (1992) for restaurants, food shops, markets and businesses classed as hazardous to health, which is one of the permits a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/airbnb-in-thailand-thai-law\/\">short-term rental or guesthouse<\/a> may need. It also runs waste collection, drainage, local roads and, in larger cities, schools and clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/h2>\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">What is the difference between a tesaban and an amphoe?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>The amphoe is a district of the state administration, headed by an appointed official, and its office registers marriages, divorces and civil status. The tesaban is an elected municipality that provides local services inside a town or city: building permits, local taxes, public health licences and, in municipal areas, house registration.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Which tesaban class does my town belong to?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Check the name on the municipal office or the tax bill: \u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25\u0e19\u0e04\u0e23 (nakhon) for cities of 50,000 or more, \u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07 (mueang) for towns of 10,000 or more or provincial capitals, and \u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25\u0e15\u0e33\u0e1a\u0e25 (tambon) for the rest. The class affects council size and budget, not the services you deal with.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Is the yellow book issued by the tesaban or the amphoe?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>It depends on where the house is. Inside a municipality the municipal registrar handles the tabien baan and the yellow book; outside municipal areas it is the district (amphoe) registrar.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voir aussi\u00a0: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/aor-bor-tor\/\">Aor Bor Tor (rural sub-district authority)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/amphoe-or-amphur-district-office\/\">bureau de district<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/tambon\/\">tambon (sub-district)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/changwat\/\">changwat (province)<\/a> and our guides to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/construction-law-in-thailand\/\">construction law<\/a> ET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/property-taxes-in-thailand\/\">property taxes<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tesaban (\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25, official spelling thesaban, also written tessaban) is a municipality in Thailand, the form of elected local government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":214,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"tesaban","rank_math_title":"Tesaban (Thesaban) Meaning: Thai Municipalities Explained | ThaiLawOnline","rank_math_description":"Tesaban (\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e25) is a municipality in Thailand: tesaban nakhon, mueang and tambon. 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