This is a list of the 130
departments (french: link=no, départements), the conventional name for the administrative subdivisions of the
First French Empire
The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire (; Latin: ) after 1809, also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental E ...
at the height of its territorial extent, circa 1811.
Note that the
Illyrian Provinces were also part of France, but were not organised into departments, and so are not included in this list. Similarly, four additional French departments were also created in
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...
(annexed from Spain in 1812); their juridical status remained incomplete until the French lost their grip on Spain in 1814. Those departments were:
Bouches-de-l'Èbre,
Montserrat,
Sègre, and
Ter
Ter or TER may refer to:
Places
* River Ter, in Essex, England
* Ter (river), in Catalonia
* Ter (department), a region in France
* Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy
* Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ...
.
List
The names of departments formed from territories annexed to France after 1791 have been colour-coded as follows:
Moreover, the
Tanaro department was established in 1802 and disbanded in 1805; it was one of the six original ''départments'' which took the place of the
Subalpine Republic. Its territory was divided between the three ''départments'' of
Marengo,
Stura
Stura was a department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the river Stura di Demonte. It was formed in 1802, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainland portion of the Kingdo ...
, and
Montenotte (the latter was created after the annexation of the
Ligurian Republic
The Ligurian Republic ( it, Repubblica Ligure, lij, Repubbrica Ligure) was a French client republic formed by Napoleon on 14 June 1797. It consisted of the old Republic of Genoa, which covered most of the Ligurian region of Northwest Italy, and ...
).
External links
Descriptions of the departments in French
{{Annexed departments of the First French Empire
Former departments of France
Subdivisions of the First French Empire