Ombrone (department)

Département de l'Ombrone
Département of First French Empire
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Admimistrative map of French Empire in 1812. Ombrone (department) is on the lower right corner.
Capital Siena
History
 - Annexion from the Kingdom of Etruria 25 May 1808
 - Treaty of Paris 1814
Area
 - 1810[1] 7,748.97 km2 (2,992 sq mi)
Population
 - 1810[1] 162,795 
     Density 21 /km2  (54.4 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions 3 Arrondissements [1]

Ombrone was a former département during the First French Empire in modern-day Italy. It was named after the river Ombrone and was formed in 1808 when Tuscany was annexed by France. Its capital was Siena. It was divided into the following arrondissements (1812):

The département was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon I in 1814. Today its territory is divided between the Italian provinces of Siena and Grosseto.

References

  1. ^ a b "L'ALMANACH IMPÉRIAL POUR L'ANNÉE 1810, CHAPITRE X, Sect. II, Oise - Roer". http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/almanac/chapter10/c_chapter10g.html. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 

See also

44 départements (now parts of Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain) created from annexed territories