Bouches-de-l'Èbre
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Bouches-de-l'Èbre (French: Ebro") Catalan: Boques de l'Ebre), was a short-lived department of the First French Empire in present-day Spain. It was created on 26 January 1812 on Catalonia's annexation by the French Empire.[1] It incorporated Catalan territories of the Ebre basin and the municipalities of Fraga and Mequinenza.
Its Chamber of Deputies of France under the July Monarchy.
On 7 March 1813 this department was merged with that of Montserrat to form the department of Montserrat-et-Bouches-de-l'Èbre (though the civil administration of the area was suppressed and replaced by a military government). After the French retreat, it was dissolved by Spain in 1814.
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References
- ^ Napoléon Bonaparte, Journaux de sièges faits ou soutenus par les Français dans la péninsule de 1807 à 1814 - No. 97: Décret impérial pour la division de la Catalogne en départements, vol. 1-4, Firmin Didot, 1836, p. 649 (online version)
- ^ Gran enciclopèdia catalana - Les Boques de l’Ebre