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In what year was the law separating Church and State passed?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Multi-year residence permit no. 31
En quelle année la loi de séparation des Églises et de l'État a-t-elle été votée ?
In what year was the law separating Church and State passed?
Answer. In 1905.
En 1905.
The law of December 9, 1905, separates Churches and the State. Since then, the State neither recognizes nor funds any religion.
The official text that proves it
« En France, l’État et les Églises sont séparés en 1905, plus de 100 ans après l’apparition du principe fondateur de la laïcité dans la Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789. »
In France, the State and the Churches were separated in 1905, more than 100 years after the founding principle of laïcité first appeared in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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