Rome (department)
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Rome is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Italy. It was named after the city Rome. It was formed in 1808, when the Papal States were annexed by France; and was initially known as the département du Tibre (after the Tiber river) before being renamed in 1810. Its capital was Rome. It was divided into the following arrondissements (situation 1812):
It was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Its territory is presently divided over the Italian provinces Rome, Viterbo, Frosinone and Latina.
The 44 annexed départements: Alpes-Maritimes | Apennins | Arno | 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 | Mont-Tonnerre | Montenotte | Ombrone | Ourthe | Pô | Rhin-et-Moselle | Roer | Rome | Sambre-et-Meuse | Sarre | Sésia | Simplon | Stura | Taro | Trasimène | Yssel-Supérieur | Zuyderzée | (from the Low Countries, Germany, Italy, Switzerland)
