Bouches-de-l'Yssel

Bouches-de-l'Yssel (Dutch: Monden van de IJssel) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was named after the mouth of the river IJssel. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with the present-day Dutch province of Overijssel. Its capital was Zwolle.

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):^[1]

Zwolle, cantons: Hasselt, Kampen, Steenwijk, Vollenhove and Zwolle.
Almelo, cantons: Almelo, Delden, Enschede, Goor, Oldenzaal and Ootmarsum.
Deventer, cantons: Deventer, Hardenberg, Ommen and Raalte.

Its population in 1812 was 145,000, and its area was 340,000 hectares.^[1]

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

References

1 2 Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 382, accessed in Gallica 24 July 2013 (in French)

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

Former French departments (now parts of Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland) created from annexed territories

Coordinates: 52°31′00″N 6°05′00″E / 52.5167°N 6.0833°E / 52.5167; 6.0833

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