Department of Jemmape Département de Jemmape (French)
1795–1814
Location of Jemmape in France (1812)
Status	Department of theFrench First Republic and theFrench First Empire
Chef-lieu	Mons 50°27′N3°53′E / 50.450°N 3.883°E /50.450; 3.883
Official languages	French
Common languages	Dutch
History
• Creation	1 October 1795
• Treaty of Paris, disestablished	30 May 1814
Area
1812[1]	3,766 km2 (1,454 sq mi)
Population
• 1812[1]	472,366
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Hainault Prince-Bishopric of Liège Province of Hainault
Today part of	Belgium

Jemmape (French pronunciation:[ʒɛmap]) was adepartment of theFirst French Republic and of theFirst French Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after theBattle of Jemappes, fought between the French and theAustrians in 1792 near the village ofJemappes, nearMons. Jemappes was spelledJemmape,Jemmapes orJemmappes at the time. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the Belgian province ofHainaut. It was firstly created on 2 March 1793, and then recreated on 1 October 1795, when theAustrian Netherlands and thePrince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic.^[2] Before annexation, its territory lay in theCounty of Hainaut,Tournai and the Tournaisis, theCounty of Namur (Charleroi) and theBishopric of Liège (Thuin).

TheChef-lieu of the department wasMons. The department was subdivided into the following threearrondissements andcantons:

• Mons:Boussu,Chièvres,Dour,Enghien,Lens,Le Roeulx,Mons (2 cantons),Pâturages andSoignies.
• Charleroi:Beaumont,Binche,Charleroi (2 cantons),Chimay,Fontaine-l'Évêque,Gosselies,Merbes-le-Château,Seneffe andThuin.
• Tournai:Antoing,Ath,Celles,Ellezelles,Frasnes,Lessines,Leuze,Péruwelz,Quevaucamps,Templeuve andTournai (2 cantons).

AfterNapoleon was defeated in 1814, the department was dissolved and later it became part of theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands as the province of Hainaut.

The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.

The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.

The office of Subprefect of Mons was held by the Prefect until 1811.

• Former departments of France in Belgium
• French First Republic
• 1795 establishments in France
• History of Hainaut
• States and territories disestablished in 1814

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