Taro (department)

Département du Taro
Département of First French Empire
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Flag Coat of arms
Admimistrative map of French Empire in 1812. Taro (department) is on the lower right corner.
Capital Parma
History
 - Annexion from the Duchy of Parma 1808
 - Treaty of Paris 1814
Area
 - 1810 5,768.21 km2 (2,227 sq mi)
Population
 - 1810 295,885 
     Density 51.3 /km2  (132.9 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions 3 Arrondissements [1]

Taro is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Italy. It was named after the Taro river. It was formed in 1808, when the states of Parma and Piacenza were annexed by France. Its capital was Parma. It was divided into the following arrondissements:

It was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Its territory is presently divided over the Italian provinces Parma and Piacenza. The most notable person born in the Département of Taro was the composer Giuseppe Verdi (born 9 or 10 October 1813 in the village of Le Roncole near Busseto).

References

  1. ^ "L'ALMANACH IMPÉRIAL POUR L'ANNÉE 1810, CHAPITRE X, Sect. II, Tarn - Yonne". http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/almanac/chapter10/c_chapter10i.html. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
44 départements (now parts of Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain) created from annexed territories