Archives Nationales de France

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Archives Nationales de France 
The French National Archives were created after the French Revolution; on 12 September 1790, the Constituent Assembly named it National Archives. Four years later, by the law of 7 messidor Year II (25 June 1794), the Convention specified the role of the National Archives and establishes a"central repository of the National Archives" The law then states three main principles which remain relevant: - centralized archives of the Nation; - providing free access of the archives to citizens; - the need for a national archival network. The Law of 5 Brumaire V (26 October 1796) introduced an archive in each department. 

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