Decree of the division of France in departments
The decree deciding the division of France in 83 departments was voted by the constituent Assembly the December 9th 1789.
The constituent Assembly, among her main concerns, had that to simplify the incredible territorial grid of France of Old Mode, which juxtaposed administrative juridications, tax, religious, legal, etc without standardization. A consensus emerged then to create a division of the kingdom which would be used as reference for all the juridications. The will of the Parliament to break with the old order made him choose a cutting sometimes intended to break certain old logics. However, a great number of departments have an internal territorial logic. Another requirement was the accessibility of the administrative centers. Thus, a half-day of horse was to be enough to rejoin a chief town of district and a Journée of horse the chief town of the department. Another great modification, each department becomes a diocese then, which involves de facto the suppression of many small évêchés. Following the civil Constitution of the clergy, the dioceses take the name of the department. One does not speak any more a diocese of Rennes, but of diocese of It and Unpleasant, for example.
The names of several departments resulting from this decree are not the same ones as the current ones. In a concern of making clean slate of the old order, one seeks for the departments not to give them a name too pointing out an old stronghold or a province of Old Mode, but one privileges the identification by the natural elements, river, mountain primarily.
List existing departments in 1790
See also: List of the 83 French departments of 1790
It was proceeded to two Bidépartementalisation S hardly three years after the decree. The Corsica was separate in two units, with on the one hand the Golo and on the other hand the Liamone. The the Rhone and the the Loire were formed starting from the division of the the Rhone-and-Loire.
Organization of the departments
The December 22nd 1789, the constituent Assembly will issue that the departments will be managed by an elected general advice. The central capacity is represented by a public prosecutor also elected syndic. They are divided into districts (6 to 9) having at their head an elected council and prosecutor syndic. Administrative decentralization forever be also large in France, since the 16th century.
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