Parlement - Provincial Parlements

Provincial Parlements

Provincial "parlements" or "conseils souverains" (shown in historic provinces of France) during the Ancien Régime. Dates indicate creation of the parlement.
  • 1. Île-de-France (Paris c.1260)
  • 4. Normandy (Rouen 1499/1515)
  • 5. Languedoc (Toulouse 1443)
  • 7. Dauphiné (Grenoble 1453)
  • 12. Guyenne and Gascony (Bordeaux 1462)
  • 13. Burgundy (Dijon 1477)
  • 16. Provence (Aix-en-Provence 1501)
  • 20. Brittany (Rennes, briefly at Nantes, 1553)
  • 26. Béarn (Pau 1620)
  • 27. Alsace (capital Strasbourg, cons. souv. in Colmar 1667)
  • 28. Artois (cons provinc. in Arras 1640)
  • 29. Roussillon (cons souv. Perpignan 1660)
  • 30. Flanders (capital Lille, parliament first in Tournai, then in Douai 1686)
  • 31. Franche-Comté (Besançon 1676; formerly at Dole (1422))
  • 32. Lorraine (Nancy 1776)
  • (not indicated) Dombes (Trévoux 1523-1771)
  • (not indicated) Corsica (cons. souv. in Bastia 1768)
  • (not indicated) Trois-Évêchés (Metz 1633)
  • Note: The map does not show the jurisidictions of the parlements. The map reflects France's modern external borders and does not indicate the territorial formation of France over time. Provinces on this list may encompass several other historic provinces and counties.

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