The National Assembly (
French: ''Assemblée nationale'') was a French
legislative body
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government.
Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...
elected on 8 February 1871 in the wake of the
Armistice of Versailles signed on 26 January 1871 at the end of the
Franco-Prussian War. It sat in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...
until 20 March 1871, when it moved to the
Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 19 ...
. The cabinets which issued from it governed France from 19 February 1871 to 31 December 1875.
See also
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Commune of Paris
The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended ...
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French Constitutional Laws of 1875
The Constitutional Laws of 1875 were the laws passed in France by the National Assembly between February and July 1875 which established the Third French Republic.
The constitution laws could be roughly divided into three laws:
* The Act of 24 ...
Sources
* Bernard Noël, ''Dictionnaire de la Commune'', Flammarion, collection Champs, 1978
* Jean-Pierre Azéma et Michel Winock, ''Naissance et mort. La Troisième République'', Collection Pluriel, 1978
* Antoine Olivesi et André Nouschi, ''La France de 1848 à 1914'', Nathan Université, collection fac Histoire, 1997.
Franco-Prussian War