Escaut (department)

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The north-western departments of the empire in 1812
Escaut is a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium and Netherlands. It is named after the river Scheldt (Escaut in French). It was formed in 1795, when the Southern Netherlands were annexed by France. Before the occupation, the territory was part of the county of Flanders and the United Provinces (Staats-Vlaanderen).

Its capital was Ghent. The département was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):[1]

Its population in 1812 was 636,438, and its area was 357,000 hectares.[1]

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the département became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its territory corresponds with the present Belgian province East Flanders and the Dutch region Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 400-401, accessed in Gallica 24 July 2013 (French)
44 départements (now parts of Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain) created from annexed territories

Coordinates: 51°3′N 3°44′E / 51.050°N 3.733°E / 51.050; 3.733

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