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