Bouches-du-Rhin (French:[buʃ.dy.ʁɛ̃]; "Mouths of theRhine",Dutch:Monden van de Rijn) was adepartment of theFirst French Empire in the present-dayNetherlands. It was named after the mouth of the riverRhine. It was formed in 1810, when theKingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with the eastern half of the present-day Dutch province ofNorth Brabant and a part of the province ofGelderland. Its capital was's-Hertogenbosch.

The department was subdivided into the followingarrondissements andcantons (situation in 1812):^[1]

• 's-Hertogenbosch, cantons:'s-Hertogenbosch,Boxtel,Heusden,Oisterwijk,Oss,Tilburg,Waalwijk andZaltbommel.
• Eindhoven, cantons:Asten,Eindhoven,Gemert,Helmond,Hilvarenbeek,Oirschot andSint-Oedenrode.
• Nijmegen, cantons:Boxmeer,Druten,Grave,Nijmegen,Ravenstein andWijchen.

Its population in 1812 was 257,580.^[1]

AfterNapoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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