Carte
de France année 1790
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Les départements Departments The revolution wants to regenerate France. It is important so to transform the administrative divisions of it. The provinces of the Ancient R®gime were very uneven and obeyed different usual laws. On February 26, 1790, the assembly divides France into 83 departments, |
with each a city main thing, leader place. They shall carry(wear) names of mountain, river or rib(coast). Every department divides even he in districts, which contain municipalities, small 40 000 "republic", provided with a local government elected, chaired by a mayor. One cuts the cities of more than 25 000 inhabitants in sections: "revolutionized" France is henceforth unified. |