French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905

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French law secularism law statute

The French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 is the landmark legislation that established state secularism (laïcité) in France by ending official recognition and funding of religious institutions.

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1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State 1
French secularism policy 1
Law of 1905 on the Separation of the Churches and the State 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French law ⓘ
secularism law ⓘ
statute ⓘ
abolishes Concordat of 1801 ⓘ
surface form: Concordat of 1801 in France
appliesTo Metropolitan France ⓘ
surface form: metropolitan France
article1ContentSummary guarantees freedom of conscience and free exercise of religions under restrictions enacted in the interest of public order ⓘ
article2ContentSummary states that the Republic neither recognizes, nor pays, nor subsidizes any religion ⓘ
articleCount 44 ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1905-12-11 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus considered a fundamental law of the Republic by French constitutional case law ⓘ
corePrinciple laïcité ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 1905-12-09 ⓘ
ends direct public funding of religious institutions in France ⓘ
official recognition of religions by the French state ⓘ
establishes state secularism in France ⓘ
FrenchName French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Loi du 9 décembre 1905 concernant la séparation des Églises et de l’État
guarantees free exercise of religion subject to public order ⓘ
freedom of conscience ⓘ
hasException Alsace-Lorraine ⓘ
surface form: Alsace-Moselle region

some overseas territories ⓘ
historicalContext French Third Republic ⓘ
surface form: Third French Republic
influenced French 1946 Constitution ⓘ
Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: French 1958 Constitution

later French constitutional provisions on laïcité ⓘ
influencedBy French Revolution principles of secularism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalSystem civil law system of France ⓘ
longTermImpact became a reference point in international debates on secularism ⓘ
defined the modern French model of laïcité ⓘ
reduced institutional power of the Catholic Church in French public life ⓘ
notableArticle Article 1 ⓘ
Article 2 ⓘ
politicalContext anticlerical policies of the early 20th century in France ⓘ
prohibits state recognition of any religion ⓘ
state subsidizing of religious worship ⓘ
providesFor creation of religious associations (associations cultuelles) ⓘ
transfer of ownership of church buildings to public bodies ⓘ
reasonForException continued application of the Concordat in Alsace-Moselle ⓘ
regulates use of religious buildings built before 1905 ⓘ
shortName French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Law of 1905 on the Separation of the Churches and the State
subjectMatter ownership of religious property ⓘ
public funding of religion ⓘ
relations between religious organizations and the French state ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1905 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 → FrenchName → French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loi du 9 décembre 1905 concernant la séparation des Églises et de l’État
French Third Republic → enactedLaw → French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
French Republic → foundationalPrinciple → French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 ⓘ
this entity surface form: laïcité
French republicanism → influences → French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 ⓘ
this entity surface form: French secularism policy
French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 → shortName → French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Law of 1905 on the Separation of the Churches and the State
Concordat of 1801 → supersededBy → French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 ⓘ