Deux-Nèthes
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Deux-Nèthes (, ) was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands. It was named after two branches of the river Nete (Grote Nete and Kleine Nete). The southern part of its territory corresponds more or less with the present-day Belgian province of Antwerp. It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands were officially annexed by the French Republic. Its territory was the northern part of the former duchy of Brabant. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Holland in 1810, the department was expanded with the
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It sits within the topics 1795 establishments in France, 19th century in Antwerp and Former departments of France in Belgium.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Department of Deux-Nèthes
- Former country.common_name
- Mont-Terrible
- Former country.year_start
- 1795
- Former country.year_end
- 1814
- Former country.image_map
- Deux-Nèthes departement (1812).svg
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Location of Deux-Nèthes in France (1812)
- Former country.official_languages
- French
- Former country.common_languages
- Dutch
- Former country.status
- Department of the French First Republic and the French First Empire
- Former country.admin_center_type
- Chef-lieu
- Former country.admin_center
- Antwerp
- Former country.stat_year1
- 1812
- Former country.stat_area1
- 4153
- Former country.stat_pop1
- 367,184
- Former country.event_start
- Creation
- Former country.date_start
- 1 October
- Former country.event1
- Arrondissement of Bréda incorporated
- Former country.date_event1
- 15 May 1810
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of France
- Named after
- Kleine Nete
- Official name
- Deux-Nèthes
- Country
- France
- Capital
- Antwerp
- Shares border with
- Dyle
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- inception
- 1795-10-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1814-05-30
- exact match
- www.gemeentegeschiedenis.nl/departement/TN
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Administration
- Prefects
- Secretaries General
- Subprefects of Anvers
- Subprefects of Bréda
- Subprefects of Malines
- Subprefects of Turnhout
- References
Deux-Nèthes (, ) was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands. It was named after two branches of the river Nete (Grote Nete and Kleine Nete). The southern part of its territory corresponds more or less with the present-day Belgian province of Antwerp. It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands were officially annexed by the French Republic. Its territory was the northern part of the former duchy of Brabant. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Holland in 1810, the department was expanded with the western half of the present-day Dutch province of North Brabant, itself historically part of the Duchy of Brabant.
thumb|Deux-Nèthes within the northern French Empire (1811)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deux-Nèthes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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