Conseil Général du Pas de Calais - Centenaire de la loi du 10 août 1871

Commemorative issue

Centenary of the charter of departments

Obverse

Woman draped in antique style, standing and facing, laureate and radiate, holding an olive branch to the right and to the left a plaque inscribed .
Farming tools at the woman's feet and a human-figure mask.
A beehive and lyre in the background.
Legend on either side and in the exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
CONSTITUTION
ART.I.
ART.II.
ART.III.
LIBERT
EGALIT
FRATER
MDCCCLXX
OUDINÉ

Engraver: Eugène-André Oudiné

Reverse

Six-line legend in the center within a wreath of oak leaves.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CONSEIL GENERAL
DU
PAS DE CALAIS
CENTENAIRE DE LA LOI
DU
10 AOUT 1871

Edge

Smooth, date with cornucopia hallmark and inscription.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1971 BRONZE

© lolo70

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

With the law of August 10, 1871, also known as the "Charte des départements", the départements became entities in their own right, and saw their sphere of competence broadened. They were henceforth able to regulate matters of departmental interest, always under the supervision of the prefect, the representative of the executive power in the department.

From this date onwards, the Département de la Sarthe became a fully-fledged territorial collectivity, even if the term "territorial collectivity" did not yet have the meaning it had from 1982, the date of the decentralization laws.

Source:https://archives.sarthe.fr/action-culturelle-et-educative/action-culturelle/jeudiarchives/histoire-du-departement/la-loi-du-10-aout-1871

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Avec la loi du 10 août 1871, appelée également « charte des départements », les départements deviennent des entités de plein droit et voient leur champ de compétences élargi. Elles sont désormais aptes à régler des affaires d’intérêt départemental, toujours sous la tutelle du préfet, représentant du pouvoir exécutif dans le département.

À compter de cette date, le Département de la Sarthe devient une collectivité territoriale à part entière, même si le terme de collectivité territoriale n’a pas encore le sens qu’il a à partir de 1982, date des lois de décentralisation.

Source:https://archives.sarthe.fr/action-culturelle-et-educative/action-culturelle/jeudiarchives/histoire-du-departement/la-loi-du-10-aout-1871

See also

• Music
• Region
• Allegory
• Wreath

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