Jemmape (French: [ʒɛ.map] ) was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the Battle of Jemappes , fought between the French and the Austrians in 1792 near the village of Jemappes , near Mons . Jemappes was spelled Jemmape , Jemmapes or Jemmappes at the time. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the Belgian province of Hainaut . It was firstly created on 2 March 1793, and then recreated on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic. Before annexation, its territory lay in the County of Hainaut , Tournai and the Tournaisis , the County of Namur (Charleroi ) and the Bishopric of Liège (Thuin ).
Jemappe within the northern French Empire (1811) The Chef-lieu of the department was Mons . The department was subdivided into the following three arrondissements and cantons :
Mons : Boussu , Chièvres , Dour , Enghien , Lens , Le Roeulx , Mons (2 cantons), Pâturages and Soignies .Charleroi : Beaumont , Binche , Charleroi (2 cantons), Chimay , Fontaine-l'Évêque , Gosselies , Merbes-le-Château , Seneffe and Thuin .Tournai : Antoing , Ath , Celles , Ellezelles , Frasnes , Lessines , Leuze , Péruwelz , Quevaucamps , Templeuve and Tournai (2 cantons).After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department was dissolved and later it became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as the province of Hainaut.
Map of the former Jemmape department Administration
Prefects
The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
2 March 1800
1 February 1805
Jean-Baptiste Étienne Garnier
1 February 1805
7 August 1810
Patrice Charles Gislain De Coninck
7 August 1810
8 February 1812
Jean-Baptiste Maximilien Villot de Fréville
8 February 1812
9 March 1812
Benoît Joseph Holvoet
9 March 1812
30 May 1814
Pierre-Clément de Laussat
Secretaries-General
The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
2 March 1800
30 May 1814
Robert La Vallée
Subprefects of Charleroi
Term start
Term end
Office holder
26 April 1800
30 May 1814
Stanislas Joseph Troye
Subprefects of Mons
The office of Subprefect of Mons was held by the Prefect until 1811.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
14 January 1811
11 April 1811
Philibert François Jean Baptiste Joseph Vander Haegen de Mussain
11 April 1811
30 May 1814
Defraye de Schiplaecken
Subprefects of Tournai
Term start
Term end
Office holder
25 April 1800
3 February 1804
François Magloire Joseph Goblet
3 February 1804
30 May 1814
Nicolas Lahure
References
^ Almanach Impérial
Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1835). Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, t. 8
Archives Nationales. "GARNIER, Jean-Baptiste Étienne" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "DE CONINCK DIT CONINCK-OUTRIVE, Patrice Charles Gislain" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "VILLOT DE FRÉVILLE, Jean-Baptiste Maximilien" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "HOLVOET, Benoît Joseph" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "DE LAUSSAT, Pierre Clément" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ Tulard, Jean & Marie-José (2014). Napoléon et 40 millions de sujets: La centralisation et le premier empire ISBN 9791021001480
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Location of Jemmape in France (1812)
Annexed departments of the French First Republic (1792–1804) and of the French First Empire (1804–1814)