Former French department
Map of the former Sambre-et-Meuse département Sambre-et-Meuse (French: [sɑ̃bʁ e møz] ) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium . It was named after the rivers Sambre and Meuse . It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic. Prior to this annexation, the territory included in the department had lain in the County of Namur , the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchies of Brabant and Luxembourg .
The Chef-lieu of the department was Namur . The department was subdivided into the following four arrondissements and cantons :
Namur : Andenne , Dhuy , Fosses , Gembloux and Namur (2 cantons).Dinant : Beauraing , Ciney , Dinant , Florennes and Walcourt .Marche : Durbuy , Érezée , Havelange , La Roche , Marche and Rochefort .Saint-Hubert : Gedinne , Nassogne , Saint-Hubert and Wellin .After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department was dissolved and later became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands . Its territory is now divided between the Belgian provinces of Namur and Luxembourg .
Administration
Prefects
The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
2 March 1800
17 April 1806
Emmanuel Pérès de la Gesse
3 January 1814
30 May 1814
Jean Paul Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemon
Secretaries-General
The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
2 March 1800
?? ?? 1803
Corneille Joseph Bauchau
?? ?? 1803
30 May 1814
L.A. Fallon
Subprefects of Dinant
Term start
Term end
Office holder
23 April 1800
7 April 1813
Louis Joseph Delevingne
7 April 1813
30 May 1814
Claude François Prudhomme
Subprefects of Marche
Term start
Term end
Office holder
23 April 1800
24 May 1800
Dewal
24 May 1800
30 May 1814
Jacques François Joseph Briart
Subprefects of Namur
The office of Subprefect of Namur was held by the Prefect until 1811.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
14 January 1811
30 May 1814
Edouard Auxy
Subprefects of Saint-Hubert
Term start
Term end
Office holder
23 April 1800
30 May 1814
Louis Dieudonné Joseph Dewez
See also
References
^ Tulard, Jean & Marie-José (2014). Napoléon et 40 millions de sujets: La centralisation et le premier empire ISBN 9791021001480
Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1835). Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, t. 8
Archives Nationales. "PÉRÈS DE LA GESSE, Emmanuel" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 21 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "VILLENEUVE-BARGEMON, Jean Paul Alban de" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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Sambre-et-Meuse within the northern French Empire (1811)
Annexed departments of the French First Republic (1792–1804) and of the French First Empire (1804–1814)