For the Council of Five Hundred in ancient Athens, see Boule (ancient Greece).
Council of Five Hundred
Conseil des Cinq-Cents
French First Republic
General Bonaparte surrounded by members of the Council of Five Hundred during the 18 Brumaire coup d'état.
Type
Type
Lower house
History
Established
31 October 1795
Disbanded
10 November 1799
Preceded by
National Convention (unicameral)
Succeeded by
Corps législatif
Seats
500
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 France under the Constitution of the Year III. It existed from 31 October 1795 to 9 November 1799 during the Directory (Directoire) period of the French Revolution.[1]
^Gazette nationale ou le Moniteur universel, 1 novembre 1795, p. 4
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