Arno (department) explained

Native Name:Département de l'Arno
Common Name:Arno
Subdivision:department
Nation:the First French Empire
Year Start:1808
Event Start:Annexion from the Kingdom of Etruria
Date Start:25 May
Year End:1814
Event End:Treaty of Paris
P1:Kingdom of Etruria
Flag P1:Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria.svg
S1:Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Flag S1:Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1840).svg
Image Map Caption:Administrative map of the Italian portion of the French Empire.
Capital:Florence
Political Subdiv:4Arrondissements
Stat Year1:1812
Stat Area1:8074.75
Stat Pop1:584475

Arno (in French aʁno/) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the Arno river. It was formed in 1808, when the Kingdom of Etruria (formerly the Grand Duchy of Tuscany) was annexed directly to France. Its capital was Florence.

The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was restored to its previous Habsburg-Lorraine prince, Ferdinand III. Its territory is now divided between the Italian provinces of Florence, Prato, Arezzo, Pistoia and Forlì-Cesena.

Subdivisions

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

Its population in 1812 was 584,475, and its area was 807,475 hectares.[1]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f368.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII