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Rauracian Republic

1792 CE – 1793 CE · capital Porrentruy

Short-lived revolutionary republic in the Jura, the first sister republic created by the French Revolution.

Origins

The French army occupied the northern part of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel in 1792, driving out the prince-bishop. Local revolutionaries proclaimed the Rauracian Republic on 27 November 1792 at Porrentruy, naming it after the Rauraci, a Celtic people of the area recorded by Caesar.

Rule and society

The republic had a national assembly and adopted French revolutionary institutions, but it was deeply divided between those who wanted independence and those who sought union with France. It depended entirely on the French army and had no real independent existence; most of its history consists of debates over annexation.

Decline and legacy

On 23 March 1793 the French National Convention annexed the territory as the department of Mont-Terrible. It later merged into Haut-Rhin, and in 1815 the area was given to the Swiss canton of Bern, much of it now forming the canton of Jura.

Lineage

Prince-Bishopric of Basel 1032 CE – 1803 CERauracian RepublicFrench First Republic 1792 CE – 1804 CE

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