Paris Commune

revolutionary city council of Paris in 1871
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Paris Commune
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The Paris Commune was founded on March 18, 1871.

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3]
  • Instance of: insurgency[4], organization[5], group action[6], administrative territorial entity[7], commune[8]
  • Capital: Paris[9]
  • Official language: French[10]
  • Currency: French franc[11]
  • Basic form of government: parliamentary republic[12]
  • Flag: red flag[13]
  • Location: Paris[14]
  • Part of: Insurrectionary communes in France in 1870-1871[15]
  • Commons category: Paris Commune[16]
  • Has part(s): Repression of the Commune[17], Comité central républicain des Vingt arrondissements[18], communard[19], Union des femmes pour la défense de Paris et les soins aux blessés[20], Central Committee of the National Guard[21], Uprising of March 18, 1871[22]
  • Inception: March 18, 1871[23]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: May 28, 1871[24]
  • Start time: March 18, 1871[25]
  • End time: May 28, 1871[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Paris Commune[27]
  • Commons gallery: Commune de Paris[28]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[29], Otto's encyclopedia[30], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], The New Student's Reference Work[34], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36]
  • Native label: Commune de Paris[37]
  • Different from: Siege of Paris[38], Paris Commune[39]
  • Hashtag: CommuneDeParis[40], Commune1871[41]
  • Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: France[42]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Paris Commune include Sevastopol[43], a battleship[44]; Straße der Pariser Kommune[45], a street[46], in Germany[47]; Pamyat Parizhskoy Kommuny[48], a posyolok[49], in Russia[50], founded in 1869[51]; Shanghai People's Commune[52], an insurgency[53], in People's Republic of China[54]; Commune de Paris Battalion[55], a battalion[56], in France[57], founded in 1936[58]; and Parizhskaya Kommuna Glacier[59], a glacier[60].

Why It Matters

Paris Commune has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Entities named for it include Sevastopol[43], a battleship[44]; Straße der Pariser Kommune[45], a street[46], in Germany[47]; Pamyat Parizhskoy Kommuny[48], a posyolok[49], in Russia[50], founded in 1869[51]; Shanghai People's Commune[52], an insurgency[53], in People's Republic of China[54]; Commune de Paris Battalion[55], a battalion[56], in France[57], founded in 1936[58]; and Parizhskaya Kommuna Glacier[59], a glacier[60].

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  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0340240-Parizska-komuna-Francie-1871
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  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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