Sambre-et-Meuse
Sambre-et-Meuse () was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the rivers Sambre and Meuse. It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic. Prior to this annexation, the territory included in the department had lain in the County of Namur, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchies of Brabant and Luxembourg.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Department of Sambre-et-Meuse
- Former country.common_name
- Sambre-et-Meuse
- Former country.year_start
- 1795
- Former country.year_end
- 1814
- Former country.image_map
- Sambre-et-Meuse departement (1812).svg
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Location of Sambre-et-Meuse in France (1812)
- Former country.official_languages
- French
- 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
- Namur
- Former country.stat_year1
- 1814
- Former country.stat_pop1
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Administration
- Prefects
- Secretaries-General
- Subprefects of Dinant
- Subprefects of Marche
- Subprefects of Namur
- Subprefects of Saint-Hubert
- References
Sambre-et-Meuse () was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the rivers Sambre and Meuse. It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic. Prior to this annexation, the territory included in the department had lain in the County of Namur, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchies of Brabant and Luxembourg.
thumb|Sambre-et-Meuse within the northern French Empire (1811) 300px|thumb|right|Map of the former Sambre-et-Meuse département
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