Académie d'Agriculture
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The Académie d'agriculture de France is a voluntary association
aiming to contribute to the evolution of agriculture and rural life in the scientific, technical, economic, judicial, legal, social and cultural fields. It is the successor to the société d'agriculture de la Généralité de Paris, founded in 1761 by Louis XV, and has functioned in its present form since a decree of 1878 which recognised it as a public utility
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It has 120 titular members and 180 French corresponding members, as well as 60 foreign members. Its bureau is its executive organ and is made up of 6 members, with a president elected for a year and a life secretary elected by his or her peers and named by decree of the French President. It awards annual prizes and medals for contributions to the advancement of agricultural knowledge. It is based in Paris
in a hôtel particulier
at 18 rue de Bellechasse in the 17th arrondissement.
Voluntary association
A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body to accomplish a purpose.Strictly speaking, in many jurisdictions no formalities are necessary to start an association...
aiming to contribute to the evolution of agriculture and rural life in the scientific, technical, economic, judicial, legal, social and cultural fields. It is the successor to the société d'agriculture de la Généralité de Paris, founded in 1761 by Louis XV, and has functioned in its present form since a decree of 1878 which recognised it as a public utility
Public utility
A public utility is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service . Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to state-wide government monopolies...
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It has 120 titular members and 180 French corresponding members, as well as 60 foreign members. Its bureau is its executive organ and is made up of 6 members, with a president elected for a year and a life secretary elected by his or her peers and named by decree of the French President. It awards annual prizes and medals for contributions to the advancement of agricultural knowledge. It is based in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in a hôtel particulier
Hôtel particulier
In French contexts an hôtel particulier is an urban "private house" of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary maison was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hôtel particulier was often free-standing, and by the 18th century it...
at 18 rue de Bellechasse in the 17th arrondissement.
Names
- 1761 - 1788 : Société Royale d'Agriculture de la Généralité de Paris.
- 1788 - 1790 : Société Royale d'Agriculture de France.
- 1790 - 1793 : Société d'Agriculture de France.
- 1793 : Société d'Hommes Libres.
- 1798 - 1814 : Société d'Agriculture du Département de la Seine.
- 1814 - 1848 : Société Royale et Centrale d'Agriculture.
- 1848 - 1853 : Société Nationale et Centrale d'Agriculture.
- 1853 - 1859 : Société Impériale et Centrale d'Agriculture.
- 1860 - 1870 : Société Impériale et Centrale d'Agriculture de France.
- 1871 - 1915 : Société Nationale et Centrale d'Agriculture de France.
- 1915 - à aujourd'hui : Académie d'Agriculture de France