Paris sections

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The Paris sections were the radical neighborhood assemblies of revolutionary Paris that played a key role in mobilizing popular insurrections and shaping the course of the French Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Paris sections canonical 3
ParisSections 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local assembly
popular political organization
revolutionary political institution
abolishedBy Thermidorian Reaction
activeInPeriod French Revolution
composedOf active citizens of Paris
sans‑culottes
country France
documentedIn decrees of the National Convention
minutes of sectional assemblies
endTime 1795
function electing representatives to Paris Commune
electing representatives to national assemblies
governingBody General assemblies of each section
hadInstitution revolutionary committees
sectional clubs
historicalSignificance center of sans‑culotte political activity
instrument of revolutionary terror at local level
key actor in overthrow of the French monarchy
ideology popular sovereignty
radical republicanism
influenced Paris Commune (revolutionary government)
linked to: Paris Commune

development of direct democracy practices
influencedBy sans‑culotte movement
language French
legalStatus electoral districts of Paris
locatedIn Paris
numberOfSubdivisions 48
opposedTo Girondins
monarchy of Louis XVI
linked to: Bourbon monarchy
regulates distribution of food and basic supplies
local policing in Paris neighborhoods
replacedBy Paris arrondissements
linked to: V arrondissement
role control of local National Guard units
implementation of revolutionary laws at neighborhood level
local administration
mobilization of popular insurrections
organization of petitions and deputations
political radicalization in Paris
pressure on the National Convention
surveillance of suspected counter‑revolutionaries
significantEvent Insurrection of 31 May–2 June 1793
September Massacres (1792)
linked to: September Massacres

Storming of the Tuileries Palace (10 August 1792)
startTime 1789
subdivisionOf Commune of Paris
supported Montagnards

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editing L'Ami du peuple relatedTo ParisSections
linked to: Paris sections