The 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king
In 1667 Louis XIV created the lieutenant-general of police, first held by La Reynie, including a dated lighting-and-order programme for Paris. The instrument is that urban office, not the black chamber as a duplicate. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.
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In 1667 Louis XIV created the lieutenant-general of police, first held by La Reynie, including a dated lighting-and-order programme for Paris. The instrument is that urban office, not the black chamber as a duplicate. Louis XIV of France's documented role is: He created the office. La Reynie held it. Lighting and street order are the public goods; lettres de cachet remain the justice cost twin, not mixed here.
Context
La Reynie is the named first lieutenant. Sharing unnamed watchmen is required. The setting of The 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king is the public file around 1667-03-01. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Shared responsibility is part of The 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king. Naming Louis XIV of France does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1667-03-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Why it matters
Improving path from The 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king on 1667-03-01. A standing urban police-and-lighting office is a cohesion path of medium-low weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Louis XIV of France
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.32 · verified
He created the office. La Reynie held it. Lighting and street order are the public goods; lettres de cachet remain the justice cost twin, not mixed here.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king
- strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
- strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 March 1667 · verified
A standing urban police-and-lighting office is a cohesion path of medium-low weight.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Louis XIV, religious policy neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Cambridge Dürer and Northern Renaissance studiesCambridge University Press · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Britannica — Gabriel Nicolas de La Reynie / Paris police neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Cambridge neighbourhood on the 1667 Paris police lieutenancy at https://www.cambridge.org/core/ (opens in a new tab) (Cambridge University Press). Official carrier: Britannica — Gabriel Nicolas de La Reynie / Paris police neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Cambridge neighbourhood on the 1667 Paris police lieutenancy (https://www.cambridge.org/core/ (opens in a new tab); Cambridge University Press).
Established: a sourced public record of The 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king under 1667-03-01 for Louis XIV of France. Established: a sourced public record of The 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king under 1667-03-01.
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Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Lighting is this sign. Mixed effects of The 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king are separate paths.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorLouis XIV of France
- contributed toFactThe 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king
- strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
- strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). The 1667 lieutenant-general of police (La Reynie) creates a dated urban lighting-and-order office under the king. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/l14-paris-police
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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