Deux-Nèthes

The north-western departments of the empire in 1812. The formerly Dutch portion of Deux-Nèthes, annexed to the empire only in 1810, is coloured orange on this map.

Deux-Nèthes (Dutch: Twee Nethen) is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium and the Netherlands. It is named after two branches of the river Nete. The southern part of its territory corresponds more or less with the present Belgian province Antwerp.

It was formed in 1795, when the Southern Netherlands were annexed by France. Its territory was the northern part of the former duchy of Brabant. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Holland in 1810, the département was expanded with the western half of the present Dutch province North Brabant (arrondissement Breda).

Its capital was Antwerp. The département was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):^[1]

Antwerp, cantons: Antwerp (4 cantons), Brecht, Ekeren, Kontich, Wilrijk and Zandhoven.
Breda, cantons: Bergen op Zoom, Breda, Ginneken, Oosterhout, Oudenbosch, Roosendaal and Zevenbergen.
Mechelen, cantons: Duffel, Heist-op-den-Berg, Lier, Mechelen (2 cantons) and Puurs.
Turnhout, cantons: Arendonk, Herentals, Hoogstraten, Mol, Turnhout and Westerlo.

Its population in 1812 was 367,184, and its area was 415,380 hectares.^[1]

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the département became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as the province of Antwerp.

References

1 2 Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 442-443, accessed in Gallica 26 July 2013 (French)

Territories annexed to the First French Empire (1804–1814)

44 départements (now parts of Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland) created from annexed territories

Alpes-Maritimes Apennins Arno Bouches-de-l'Èbre / Bouches-de-l'Èbre-Montserrat Bouches-de-l'Elbe Bouches-de-l'Escaut Bouches-de-l'Yssel Bouches-de-la-Meuse Bouches-du-Rhin Bouches-du-Weser Deux-Nèthes Doire Dyle Ems-Occidental Ems-Oriental Ems-Supérieur Escaut Forêts Frise Gênes Jemmape Léman Lippe Lys Marengo Méditerranée Meuse-Inférieure Mont-Blanc Montserrat Mont-Terrible Mont-Tonnerre Montenotte Ombrone Ourthe Pô Rhin-et-Moselle Roer Rome Sambre-et-Meuse Sarre Sègre / Sègre-Ter Sésia Simplon Stura Tanaro† Taro Ter Tibre Trasimène Yssel-Supérieur Zuyderzée †The Tanaro department was established in 1802 and disbanded in 1805. Its territory was divided between the three départments of Marengo, Stura, and Montenotte (the latter was created after the annexation of the Ligurian Republic).

Coordinates: 51°13′N 4°24′E / 51.217°N 4.400°E / 51.217; 4.400

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