Gênes

Département de Gênes
Département of First French Empire
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Flag Coat of arms
Admimistrative map of French Empire in 1812. Gênes is on the lower right corner.
Capital Genoa
History
 - Annexion from the Ligurian Republic 4 June 1805
 - Congress of Vienna 1815
Area
 - 1810[1] 2,376 km2 (917 sq mi)
Population
 - 1810[1] 400,056 
     Density 168.4 /km2  (436.1 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions 5 Arrondissements[1]

Gênes is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Italy, named after the city of Genoa. It was formed in 1805, when Napoleon Bonaparte occupied the Republic of Genoa. Its capital was Genoa, and it was divided in the arrondissements of Genoa, Bobbio, Novi Ligure, Tortona and Voghera.[1]

It was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Its territory is presently divided over the Italian provinces Genoa, Piacenza, Alessandria and Pavia.

The trousers called jeans in English are named for the bleu de Gênes, a blue dye used for denim.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "L'ALMANACH IMPÉRIAL POUR L'ANNÉE 1810, CHAPITRE X, Sect. II, Eure et Loire - Jura". http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/almanac/chapter10/c_chapter10d.html. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
  2. ^ Wikidictionary
44 départements (now parts of Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain) created from annexed territories