Rome (department) explained

Native Name:Département de Rome
Common Name:Rome
Subdivision:department
Nation:the First French Empire
Year Start:1809
Event Start:Annexion from the Papal States
Date Start:17 May 1809
Event1:Name changed from Tibre to Rome
Date Event1:17 February 1810
Year End:1814
Event End:Treaty of Paris
P1:Papal States
Flag P1:Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg
S1:Papal States
Flag S1:Flag of the Papal States (1808-1870).svg
Flag:Flag of France
Image Map Caption:Administrative map of the Italian portion of the French Empire.
Capital:Rome
Political Subdiv:6 Arrondissements
Stat Year1:1812
Stat Area1:3676.6
Stat Pop1:586,000

Rome (in French ʁɔm/) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. Its principal city was Rome. It was formed on 17 May 1809, when 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

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

Notes and References

  1. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f455.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII