Département de Trasimène | |||||||||
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Department ofthe First French Empire | |||||||||
1809–1814 | |||||||||
![]() Location of Trasimène in France (1812) | |||||||||
Capital | Spoleto | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Coordinates | 42°44′N12°44′E / 42.733°N 12.733°E /42.733; 12.733 | ||||||||
• 1812[1] | 11,120 km2 (4,290 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1812[1] | 300,000 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Annexation of thePapal States | 15 July | ||||||||
1814 | |||||||||
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Political subdivisions | 3arrondissements[1] | ||||||||
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Trasimène (French:[tʁa.si.mɛn]) was adepartment of theFirst French Empire from 1809 to 1814 in present-dayItaly. It was named afterLake Trasimeno. It was formed on 15 July 1809, when thePapal States were annexed byFrance. Its capital wasSpoleto.
The department was disbanded after the defeat ofNapoleon in 1814. At theCongress of Vienna, the Papal States were restored toPius VII. Its territory is now divided between the Italian provinces ofPerugia,Terni,Macerata andViterbo.
The department was subdivided into the followingarrondissements andcantons (situation in 1812):[1]
Its population in 1812 was approximately 300,000, and its area was approximately 3,357 square Italianmiles (11,120 square kilometers).[1]
A department called Trasimène also briefly existed as a subdivision of theRoman Republic (1798–1799), with the same territory, but withPerugia as its capital city.