Council of Five Hundred

Council of Five Hundred

Conseil des Cinq-Cents
French First Republic
Coat of arms or logo
General Bonaparte surrounded by members of the Council of Five Hundred during the 18 Brumaire coup d'état.
Type
Type
History
Established31 October 1795
Disbanded10 November 1799
Preceded byNational Convention (unicameral)
Succeeded byCorps législatif
Seats500
Meeting place
Salle du Manège, rue de Rivoli, Paris

The Council of Five Hundred (Conseil des Cinq-Cents) was the lower house of the legislature of the French First Republic under the Constitution of the Year III. It operated from 31 October 1795[1] to 9 November 1799 during the Directory (French: Directoire) period of the French Revolution.

  1. ^ Gazette nationale ou le Moniteur universel, 1 novembre 1795, p. 4

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