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Département de Rome
department of the First French Empire
1809–1814

Location of Rome in France (1812)
CapitalRome
Area
 • Coordinates41°54′N 12°30′E / 41.900°N 12.500°E / 41.900; 12.500
 
• 18123,676.6 km (1,419.5 sq mi)
Population 
• 1812 586,000
History 
• Annexion from the Papal States 17 May 1809
• Name changed from Tibre to Rome 17 February 1810
• Treaty of Paris 1814
Political subdivisions6 arrondissements
Preceded by Succeeded by
Papal States
Papal States

Rome (French: [ʁɔm]) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. Its capital was Rome. It was formed on 17 May 1809, when most of the Papal States were annexed by France, and was first known as the Département du Tibre (after the Tiber river) before being renamed on 17 February 1810. Following the conquest of the Eternal City, Napoleon granted to his son Napoleon II the title of the King of Rome.

The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the Papal States were restored to Pius VII. Its territory corresponds approximately to the modern Italian region of Lazio.

Subdivisions

Coat of arms of the city of Rome under the French Empire

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

References

  1. ^ Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 459-460, accessed in Gallica 26 July 2013 (in French)
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