Mairie is a French term for a place with a Maire (= mayor) at the point. Mairie meant roughly translates thus .

The term designated also the lowest French administrative unit during the time of the occupation of the Rhine country by from 1800 to 1815. The municipality structures in the Rhine country, in particular in the linksrheinischen part, were up to the local reform in the early Siebzigern 20. Century frequently still coined/shaped by the administrative units created by the Frenchmen. The area and administrative structures of the cure prince and duchies etc. were smashed by the Frenchmen and structured completely new. The arrangement in Mairie, canton and corresponded for instance to the today's French administrative structure. After the defeat Napoleon the Rhine country fell to Prussia, who made a from the Mairie, but the dismemberment to a large extent maintained. The cantons were replaced by district administration offices and/or districts.

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