Doire Explained

Common Name:Doire
Conventional Long Name:Department of Doire
Subdivision:department
Nation:the First French Republic and of the First French Empire
Year Start:1802
Event Start:Decree of 24 Fructidor, year X[1]
Date Start:11 September
Year End:1814
Event End:Treaty of Fontainebleau
Date End:11 April
P1:Eridan (department)
Flag P1:Flag of the Repubblic of Alba (vertical stripes).svg
S1:Aosta (division)
Flag S1:Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia.svg
Image Map Caption:Administrative map of the Italian portion of the French Empire.
Capital:Ivrea
Political Subdiv:3 Arrondissements
Stat Year1:1812
Stat Area1:2508.53
Stat Pop1:238000

Doire (in French dwaʁ/) was a department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the river Dora Baltea (Doire Baltée). It was formed in 1802, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainland portion of the Kingdom of Sardinia) was directly annexed to France. Its capital was Ivrea.

The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the Savoyard King of Sardinia was restored in all his previous realms and domains, including Piedmont. Its territory is now divided between the Italian province of Turin and the autonomous Aosta Valley region.

Subdivisions

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):[2]

Its population in 1812 was 238,000, and its area was 250,853 hectares.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Décret du 24 Fructidor. 2010-09-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040604/http://www.histoire-empire.org/docs/bulletin_des_lois/organisation_empire/annexion_piemont_11_09_1802.htm. 2011-07-19.
  2. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f388.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII