| Conventional Long Name: | Department of Jemmape |
| Common Name: | Jemmape |
| Year Start: | 1795 |
| Year End: | 1814 |
| Flag: | Flag of France |
| Image Map Caption: | Jemmape and other annexed departments |
| Common Languages: | Dutch |
| Status: | Department of the French First Republic and the French First Empire |
| Admin Center Type: | Chef-lieu |
| Admin Center: | Mons 50.45°N 56°W |
| Stat Year1: | 1812 |
| Stat Area1: | 3766 |
| Stat Pop1: | 472,366 |
| Ref Pop1: | [1] |
| Era: | French Revolutionary Wars |
| Event Start: | Creation |
| Date Start: | 1 October |
| Event End: | Treaty of Paris, disestablished |
| Date End: | 30 May |
| P1: | County of Hainault |
| Flag P1: | Austrian Netherlands national flag - Marko de Haeck.png |
| P2: | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
| Flag P2: | LuikVlag.svg |
| S1: | Province of Hainault |
| Flag S1: | Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg |
| Today: |
Jemmape (in French ʒɛ.map/) was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the Battle of Jemappes, fought between the French and the Austrians in 1792 near the village of Jemappes, near Mons. Jemappes was spelled Jemmape, Jemmapes or Jemmappes at the time. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the Belgian province of Hainaut. It was firstly created on 2 March 1793, and then recreated on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic.[2] Before annexation, its territory lay in the County of Hainaut, Tournai and the Tournaisis, the County of Namur (Charleroi) and the Bishopric of Liège (Thuin).
The Chef-lieu of the department was Mons. The department was subdivided into the following three arrondissements and cantons:
After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department was dissolved and later it became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as the province of Hainaut.
The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.
| Term start | Term end | Office holder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 1800[3] | 1 February 1805 | Jean-Baptiste Étienne Garnier | |
| 1 February 1805[4] | 7 August 1810 | Patrice Charles Gislain De Coninck | |
| 7 August 1810[5] | 8 February 1812 | Jean-Baptiste Maximilien Villot de Fréville | |
| 8 February 1812[6] | 9 March 1812 | Benoît Joseph Holvoet | |
| 9 March 1812[7] | 30 May 1814 | Pierre-Clément de Laussat |
The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.
The office of Subprefect of Mons was held by the Prefect until 1811.
| Term start | Term end | Office holder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January 1811 | 11 April 1811 | Philibert François Jean Baptiste Joseph Vander Haegen de Mussain | |
| 11 April 1811 | 30 May 1814 | Defraye de Schiplaecken |
| Term start | Term end | Office holder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 1800 | 3 February 1804 | François Magloire Joseph Goblet | |
| 3 February 1804 | 30 May 1814 | Nicolas Lahure |