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Marriage in France is the institution that allows two people to unite to live together and start a family. [3] Article 143 of the Civil Code of the French (Code civil) governs civil marriage and consecrated the couple by law. Since 1999, it exists with the Rules of Cohabitation (concubinage) and the Civil Solidarity Pact (PACS).
In 1792, with the French Revolution, religious marriage ceremonies in France were made secondary to civil marriage. Religious ceremonies could still be performed, but only for couples who had already been married in a civil ceremony. Napoleon later spread this custom throughout most of Europe. In present-day France, only civil marriage has ...
Histoires de familles, les registres paroissiaux et d'état civil, du Moyen Âge à nos jours, démographie et généalogie [Family histories, parish and civil registers, from the Middle Ages to the present day, demography and genealogy] (in French). Besançon: Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté. Fierro, Alfred (1996).
In France, a civil solidarity pact (French: pacte civil de solidarité), commonly known as a PACS (pronounced), is a contractual form of civil union between two adults for organising their joint life. It brings rights and responsibilities, but less so than marriage.
In France, parish registers have been in use since the Middle Ages. The oldest surviving registers date back to 1303 and are posted in Givry. Other existing registers prior to orders of civil legislation in 1539 reside in Roz-Landrieux 1451, Paramé 1453, Lanloup 1467, Trans-la-Forêt 1479 and Signes 1500. [13]
The type, functions, and characteristics of marriage vary from culture to culture, and can change over time. In general there are two types: civil marriage and religious marriage, and typically marriages employ a combination of both (religious marriages must often be licensed and recognized by the state, and conversely civil marriages, while not sanctioned under religious law, are nevertheless ...
Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events (births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents.The resulting repository or database has different names in different countries and even in different subnational jurisdictions.
Once the civil ceremony is complete, the couple will receive a livret de famille, a booklet in which a copy of the marriage certificate is recorded. This is an official document: if the couple have children, each child's birth certificate will be recorded in the livret de famille too. The civil ceremony in France is free of charge.