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The Sansculottides (; also Epagomènes; ) are holidays following the last month of the year on the French Republican calendar which was used following the French Revolution from approximately 1793 to 1805.

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Holiday.holiday_name
Sansculottides
Holiday.type
Revolutionary
Holiday.observedby
Republicans
Holiday.frequency
Annual

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The Sansculottides (; also Epagomènes; ) are holidays following the last month of the year on the French Republican calendar which was used following the French Revolution from approximately 1793 to 1805.

The Sansculottides, named after the sans-culottes, append the twelve, 30-day months of the Republican Calendar with five complementary days in a common year or six complementary days in a leap year, so that the calendar year would approximately match the tropical year. They follow the last day of Fructidor, the last month of the year, and precede the first day of Vendémiaire.

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