Méditerranée

Département de la Méditerranée
Département of First French Empire
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Flag Coat of arms
Admimistrative map of French Empire in 1812. Méditerranée is on the lower right corner.
Capital Livorno
History
 - Annexion from the Kingdom of Etruria 25 May 1808
 - Treaty of Fontainebleau 1814
Area
 - 1810[1] 4,910 km2 (1,896 sq mi)
Population
 - 1810[1] 318,725 
     Density 64.9 /km2  (168.1 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions 3 (4)Arrondissements [1]

Méditerranée was the name of a département of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the Mediterranean Sea. It was formed in 1808, when Tuscany was annexed by France. Its capital was Livorno. It was divided into the following arrondissements (situation 1812):

Elba was, from 1808 to 1811 a separate entity, ruled by a Commissaire général.[2]

It was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Its territory is presently divided over the Italian provinces Livorno, Pisa, Florence and Siena.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "L'ALMANACH IMPÉRIAL POUR L'ANNÉE 1810, CHAPITRE X, Sect. II, Marne - Nord". http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/almanac/chapter10/c_chapter10f.html. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
  2. ^ "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. 
44 départements (now parts of Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain) created from annexed territories