This is a list of the 130departments (French:départements), the conventional name for the administrative subdivisions of theFirst French Empire at the height of its territorial extent, circa 1811.

Several territories of European France were also ruled over directly by France but were not organised into departments, these being:Illyrian Provinces, and thePrincipality of Erfurt, and so these are not included in this list. Similarly, four additional French departments were also created inCatalonia (annexed from Spain in 1812); their juridical status remained incomplete until the French lost their grip on Spain in 1814. Those departments were:Bouches-de-l'Èbre,Montserrat,Sègre, andTer.

The names of departments formed from territories annexed to France after 1791 have been colour-coded as follows:

Moreover, theTanaro department was established in 1802 and disbanded in 1805; it was one of the six originaldépartments which took the place of theSubalpine Republic. Its territory was divided between the threedépartments ofMarengo,Stura, andMontenotte (the latter was created after the annexation of theLigurian Republic).

• Descriptions of the departments in French

• Former departments of France
• Subdivisions of the First French Empire

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