Trasimène

Département de Trasimène
Département of First French Empire
← 1809–1814 →
Administrative map of French Empire in 1812. Trasimène is on the lower right corner.
Capital		Spoleto 42°44′N 12°44′E / 42.733°N 12.733°E / 42.733; 12.733Coordinates: 42°44′N 12°44′E / 42.733°N 12.733°E / 42.733; 12.733
History
-	Annexion from the Papal States	15 July 1809
-	Treaty of Paris	1814
Area
-	1812[1]	11,120 km2 (4,293 sq mi)
Population
-	1812[1]	300,000
	Density	27 /km2  (69.9 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions		3 Arrondissements [1]

Trasimène is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Italy. It was named after Lake Trasimeno. It was formed in 1809, when the Papal States were annexed by France. Its capital was Spoleto. The département was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):^[1]

• Spoleto, cantons: Arquata, Cascia, Norcia, Spoleto (2 cantons), Terni (2 cantons) and Visso.
• Foligno, cantons: Assisi, Bettona, Bevagna, Foligno, Gualdo, Montefalco, Nocera, Spello and Trevi.
• Perugia, cantons: Castiglione del Lago, Città della Pieve, Città di Castello, Fratta, Monte Santa Maria, Panicale, Passignano and Perugia (3 cantons).
• Todi, cantons: Acquapendente, Amelia, Baschi, Ficulle, Marsciano, Massa, Orvieto and Todi (2 cantons).

Its population in 1812 was approximately 300,000, and its area was approximately 3,357 square Italian miles (11,120 square kilometers).^[1]

It was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Its territory is presently divided over the Italian provinces Perugia, Terni, Macerata and Viterbo.

Under the Roman Republic

The Département de Trasimène also briefly existed as a subdivision of the Roman Republic (1788–1789), with the same territory, but with Perugia as its capital city.

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 475-476, accessed in Gallica 18 August 2013 (French)