FRENCH REVOLUTION local government reforms
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- Local government reforms
- Decrees of December 1789 & February/May 1790
- France divided into 83 departments
- Departments into 547 districts and 43,360 communes
- Communes were grouped into cantons, primary assemblies for elections were held and JPs had their courts
- Departments into 547 districts and 43,360 communes
- All divisions (apart from cantons) were run by elected councils
- In Paris, local government was reformed into 48 Sections
- France divided into 83 departments
- The Right to Vote
- December 1789- Active citizens. Three tiers
- Heavily in favour of the wealthy but 61% of Frenchmen had the right to vote
- December 1789- Active citizens. Three tiers
- Failure because in catholic areas, officials did not like persecuting priests who refused the oath of loyalty
- Many resigned, areas left without local gcvernment
- Success because before 1789 governemnt officials ran the provincial administration. In1790 there were no government officials at the local level: new elected councils replaced them
- 1789-99 one-million people were elected to councils and gained experience in local levels
- Decrees of December 1789 & February/May 1790
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