Sambre-et-Meuse

Map of the former Sambre-et-Meuse département

Sambre-et-Meuse was a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium. It was named after the rivers Sambre and Meuse. Its capital was Namur.

The département came into existence in 1795, when the Southern Netherlands were occupied by the French. It was formed from most of the county of Namur and parts of the bishopric of Liège and the duchies of Brabant and Luxembourg.

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the département became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its territory is now divided over the Belgian provinces Namur and Luxembourg (a small part).

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

Namur, cantons: Andenne, Dhuy, Fosses, Gembloux and Namur (2 cantons).
Dinant, cantons: Beauraing, Ciney, Dinant, Florennes and Walcourt.
Marche, cantons: Durbuy, Erezée, Havelange, La Roche, Marche and Rochefort.
Saint-Hubert, cantons: Gedinne, Nassogne, Saint-Hubert and Wellin.

References

↑ Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 460-461, 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: 50°28′N 4°52′E / 50.467°N 4.867°E / 50.467; 4.867

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