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Metre Convention

1875 international treaty
Legislation multilateral_treaty Q217429

Facts

9 properties

Record

Instance of
multilateral treaty
Title
Convention du Mètre et Règlement Annexe, Metre Convention and Annexed Regulations[5][6]

Dates

Point in time
May 20, 1875[3]

Subject

Main subject
International System of Units[4]
More facts +5
Location
International Bureau of Weights and Measures[2]
Depositary
Government of the French Republic[21]
Law identifier
明治19年4月20日勅令[22]
P14541
5O5fV[23]
Signatory
Belgium, Argentina, Austria–Hungary, Denmark, United States, Venezuela, Switzerland, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Peru, Brazil, Sweden, Kingdom of Italy, France, German Empire, Russian Empire, Spain[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Metre Convention ar اتفاقية المتر cs Metrická konvence da Meterkonventionen de Internationale Meterkonvention de Meterkonvention el Συνθήκη του Μέτρου es Convention du Metre es Convencion del Metro es Convención del Metro es Convention du Mètre es Tratado del Metro fa پیمان متر fi Metrisopimus fr Convention du Metre hi कन्वेंशन ड्यू मेत्रे hu méteregyezmény it Convenzione del Metro it Metre Convention ja メートル条約
🔖 Identifiers · 14
China Treaty Database ID
1531876000171
E-GOV law ID
119IO0000000000
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
184550
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Treaty-of-the-Metre
Freebase ID
/m/0563y
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Meterkonvensjonen
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2209359
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
metricheskaia-konventsiia-ca1e1d
Lex ID
Meterkonventionen
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780203880
NDL law ID
0000000296
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3940159
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UIA Open Yearbook organization website ID
1100001808
Work available at URL
www.bipm.org

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🔗 Connections
Signatory 17
France, United States, Spain, Brazil, Switzerland, Belgium, Argentina, Portugal +9 more
Depositary 1
Government of the French Republic
Instance of 1
multilateral treaty
Location 1
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Main subject 1
International System of Units
← Authority 1
International Prototype of the Kilogram
← Foundational text 1
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
← Main subject 1
World Metrology Day
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Summary

Metre Convention is a multilateral treaty[1].

Related Entities

Argentina Austria–Hungary Belgium Brazil Denmark France German Empire Kingdom of Italy Peru Portugal Russian Empire Spain Sweden Switzerland United States Venezuela

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Class ancestry

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → International System of Units
    Signatory → Belgium, Argentina, Austria–Hungary +14
    Point in time → +1875-05-20T00:00:00Z
    Depositary → Government of the French Republic
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