# France reorganized into departments (1790)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1790-france-reorganized-into-departments
Location: France

Revolutionary administration replaced historic provinces with more uniform departments. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Louis XVI (King of France). France reorganized into departments is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
France reorganized into departments is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

Ruler at the time: [Louis XVI](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xvi)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — France reorganized into departments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=France+reorganized+into+departments&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — France reorganized into departments](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=France+reorganized+into+departments)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)