| Département de Gênes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| department ofthe First French Empire | |||||||||
| 1805–1815 | |||||||||
.svg) Location of Gênes in France (1812) | |||||||||
| Capital | Genoa | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 44°24′N8°55′E / 44.400°N 8.917°E /44.400; 8.917 | ||||||||
• 1812[1] | 2,376 km2 (917 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1812[1] | 400,056 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Annexion from theLigurian Republic | 4 June 1805 | ||||||||
| 1815 | |||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 5arrondissements[1] | ||||||||
| |||||||||
Gênes (French:[ʒɛn]) was adepartment of theFirst French Empire in present-dayItaly. It was named after the city ofGenoa. It was formed in 1805, when theLigurian Republic (formerly theRepublic of Genoa) was annexed directly to France. Its capital wasGenoa.
The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. It was followed by a brief restoration of the Ligurian Republic, but at theCongress of Vienna the old territory of Genoa was awarded to theKingdom of Sardinia. Its territory is now divided between the Italian provinces ofGenoa,Piacenza,Alessandria andPavia.
The department was subdivided into the followingarrondissements andcantons (situation in 1812):[1]
Its population in 1812 was 400,056, and its area was 237,600 hectares.[1]
 Annexeddepartments of theFrench First Republic (1792–1804) and of theFrench First Empire (1804–1814) | |
|---|---|
| Ionian Islands | |
| Austrian Netherlands | |
| Old Swiss Confederacy | |
| Kingdom of Holland | |
| Holy Roman Empire | |
| Italian states | |
| Kingdom of Spain | |
| Austrian Empire |
|
