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French pre-revolutionary units of length or distance

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This system was in use in France prior to the Revolution. It was based on units promulgated by Charlemagne, but different areas had modified the values so that the same-named unit could have different values at different locations. The units listed in this wiki are the ones current in Paris in 1789, at the start of the Revolution. The lengths given in the table below are more accurate than would be the case for other obsolete units, because the equivalence of 1 toise = 1.9490365 m was set by law when the metric system was adopted.

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This system was in use in France prior to the Revolution. It was based on units promulgated by Charlemagne, but different areas had modified the values so that the same-named unit could have different values at different locations. The units listed in this wiki are the ones current in Paris in 1789, at the start of the Revolution. The lengths given in the table below are more accurate than would be the case for other obsolete units, because the equivalence of 1 toise = 1.9490365 m was set by law when the metric system was adopted.