Sambre-et-Meuse
Department of Sambre-et-Meuse Département de Sambre-et-Meuse (French) | |||||||||||
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1795–1814 | |||||||||||
French First Empire | |||||||||||
Chef-lieu | Namur 50°28′N 4°52′E / 50.467°N 4.867°E | ||||||||||
Official languages | French | ||||||||||
Historical era | French Revolutionary Wars | ||||||||||
• Creation | 1 October 1795 | ||||||||||
, disestablished | 30 May 1814 | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1814[1] | 180,655 | ||||||||||
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Today part of |
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Sambre-et-Meuse (French:
The Chef-lieu of the department was Namur. The department was subdivided into the following four arrondissements and cantons:
- Namur(2 cantons).
- Dinant: Beauraing, Ciney, Dinant, Florennes and Walcourt.
- Marche: Durbuy, Érezée, Havelange, La Roche, Marche and Rochefort.
- Saint-Hubert: Gedinne, Nassogne, Saint-Hubert and Wellin.
After
Administration
Prefects
The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.
Term start | Term end | Office holder |
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2 March 1800[3] | 17 April 1806 | Emmanuel Pérès de la Gesse |
3 January 1814[4] | 30 May 1814 | Jean Paul Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemon |
Secretaries-General
The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.
Term start | Term end | Office holder |
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2 March 1800 | ?? ?? 1803 | Corneille Joseph Bauchau |
?? ?? 1803 | 30 May 1814 | L.A. Fallon |
Subprefects of Dinant
Term start | Term end | Office holder |
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23 April 1800[1] | 7 April 1813 | Louis Joseph Delevingne |
7 April 1813[1] | 30 May 1814 | Claude François Prudhomme |
Subprefects of Marche
Term start | Term end | Office holder |
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23 April 1800[1] | 24 May 1800 | Dewal |
24 May 1800[1] | 30 May 1814 | Jacques François Joseph Briart |
Subprefects of Namur
The office of Subprefect of Namur was held by the Prefect until 1811.
Term start | Term end | Office holder |
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14 January 1811[1] | 30 May 1814 | Edouard Auxy |
Subprefects of Saint-Hubert
Term start | Term end | Office holder |
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23 April 1800[1] | 30 May 1814 | Louis Dieudonné Joseph Dewez |
See also
- Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse - a poem, later set to music, and arranged as a military march.
References
- ^ ISBN 9791021001480.
- ^ Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1835). Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, t. 8. p. 300.
- ^ Archives Nationales. "PÉRÈS DE LA GESSE, Emmanuel". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ Archives Nationales. "VILLENEUVE-BARGEMON, Jean Paul Alban de". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2019.