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Department of the First French Empire (1805-1815)

Department of the Appenins_Département des Apennins_
department of the First French Empire
1805–1815
Apennins within the French Empire (1812)
Capital Chiavari
Area
• 1812[1] 4,160 km2 (1,610 sq mi)
Population
• 1812[1] 213,465
History
• Annexation of the Ligurian Republic 4 June 1805
• Congress of Vienna 1815
Political subdivisions 3 arrondissements[1]
Preceded by Succeeded by Ligurian Republic Kingdom of Sardinia
Today part of Italy

Apennins (French: [a.pɛ.nɛ̃]) was a department of the First French Empire of 1805-1814 in present-day Italy. Named after the Apennine Mountains, it originated on 6 June 1805, after France had directly annexed the Ligurian Republic (formerly the Republic of Genoa) on 4 June 1805. Its capital was Chiavari.

Disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, the Congress of Vienna awarded the old territory of Genoa to the Kingdom of Sardinia (December 1814). The area of the former département forms parts of the Italian provinces of Genoa, La Spezia, Massa-Carrara and Parma.

Coat of arms of Chiavari under the French Empire

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

Its population in 1812 was 213,465, and its area was 416,000 hectares.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 368-369, accessed in Gallica 24 July 2013 (in French)

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