Title XII: Territorial Communities

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Title XII: Territorial Communities is the section of the French Constitution that defines the organization, powers, and autonomy of France’s local and regional authorities.

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Title XII: Territorial Communities canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
section of the Constitution of France ⓘ
amendedBy constitutional laws of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
appliesTo French overseas territories ⓘ
metropolitan France ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple equality of citizens before the law across the territory ⓘ
indivisibility of the French Republic ⓘ
constitutionalRank title of the Constitution ⓘ
constrains ordinary legislation on local government ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfFirstAdoption 1958 ⓘ
defines autonomy of territorial communities in France ⓘ
organization of territorial communities in France ⓘ
powers of territorial communities in France ⓘ
enables creation of new territorial communities by statute ⓘ
modification of territorial boundaries by law ⓘ
governs relations between the State and territorial communities ⓘ
guarantees principle of decentralization in France ⓘ
principle of free administration of territorial communities ⓘ
hasBeenAmended true ⓘ
hasTitleNumber XII ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel supreme norm within French domestic law ⓘ
interpretedBy Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalEffect directly binding on French public authorities ⓘ
legalStatus binding constitutional law ⓘ
legalSystem French constitutional law ⓘ
objective to organize territorial administration of the Republic ⓘ
partOf Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
providesFor distribution of competences between the State and territorial communities ⓘ
elected deliberative bodies of territorial communities ⓘ
financial autonomy of territorial communities ⓘ
supervision of territorial communities by the State ⓘ
regulates communes of France ⓘ
departments of France ⓘ
overseas territorial communities of France ⓘ
regions of France ⓘ
special-status territorial communities of France ⓘ
relatedConcept decentralized organization of the French Republic ⓘ
local self-government in France ⓘ
scope public law ⓘ
subjectMatter local authorities ⓘ
regional authorities ⓘ
territorial communities ⓘ

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Constitution of 4 October 1958 → contains → Title XII: Territorial Communities ⓘ