The National Assembly (

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: ''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 ...

elected on 8 February 1871 in the wake of the

Armistice of Versailles The Armistice of Versailles that came into effect on 28 January 1871 brought to an end the active phase of the Franco-Prussian War. The signatories were Jules Favre, foreign minister in the provisional Government of National Defence, for the Fren ...

signed on 26 January 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. It sat in

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until 20 March 1871, when it moved to the

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. The cabinets which issued from it governed France from 19 February 1871 to 31 December 1875.

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

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