Frise (department)

Frise was the French name of Friesland as a département of the First French Empire. Frise was formed in 1811-01-01, after the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. It was the successor of the Friesland Department which was formed in 1802.

Its capital, then as now, was Leeuwarden. The département was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):^[1]

Leeuwarden, cantons: Bergum, Buitenpost, Dokkum, Dronrijp, Franeker, Hallum, Harlingen, Holwerd and Leeuwarden (2 cantons).
Heerenveen, cantons: Akkrum, Beetsterzwaag, Heerenveen and Oldeberkoop.
Sneek, cantons: Bolsward, Hindeloopen, Lemmer, Rauwerd and Sneek.

Its population in 1812 was 175,400, and its area was 279,835 hectares.^[1]

After Napoleon was defeated in 1813, the département became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

References

1 2 Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 404-405, accessed in Gallica 24 July 2013 (French)

Territories annexed to the First French Empire (1804–1814)

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

Alpes-Maritimes Apennins Arno Bouches-de-l'Èbre / Bouches-de-l'Èbre-Montserrat Bouches-de-l'Elbe Bouches-de-l'Escaut Bouches-de-l'Yssel Bouches-de-la-Meuse Bouches-du-Rhin Bouches-du-Weser Deux-Nèthes Doire Dyle Ems-Occidental Ems-Oriental Ems-Supérieur Escaut Forêts Frise Gênes Jemmape Léman Lippe Lys Marengo Méditerranée Meuse-Inférieure Mont-Blanc Montserrat Mont-Terrible Mont-Tonnerre Montenotte Ombrone Ourthe Pô Rhin-et-Moselle Roer Rome Sambre-et-Meuse Sarre Sègre / Sègre-Ter Sésia Simplon Stura Tanaro† Taro Ter Tibre Trasimène Yssel-Supérieur Zuyderzée †The Tanaro department was established in 1802 and disbanded in 1805. Its territory was divided between the three départments of Marengo, Stura, and Montenotte (the latter was created after the annexation of the Ligurian Republic).

Coordinates: 53°02′00″N 6°19′00″E / 53.0333°N 6.31667°E / 53.0333; 6.31667

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