Léman (French: [lemɑ̃] ) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire . Its name came from the French name of Lake Geneva , Lac Léman . It was formed in 1798, when the Republic of Geneva was annexed by the French Republic. Léman also included districts that were previously part of the departments of Mont-Blanc (northern Savoy ) and Ain (the Pays de Gex ). Its territory corresponded with the present Swiss canton of Geneva and parts of the present French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie .
Map of the department of Léman The Chef-lieu of the department was Geneva . The department was subdivided into the following three arrondissements and cantons :
Coat of arms of the city of Geneva under the French Empire Genève : Carouge , Chêne-Thônex , Collonge , Frangy , Genève (3 cantons), Gex , Reignier and Saint-Julien .Bonneville : Bonneville , Chamonix , Cluses , Megève , La Roche , Sallanches , Samoëns , Taninges and Viuz-en-Sallaz .Thonon : Douvaine , Évian , Saint-Jean-d'Aulps and Thonon .After the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the former Republic of Geneva became a Swiss canton , and Savoy was returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia . The Pays de Gex returned to the department of Ain except for six communes (Pregny , Collex-Bossy , Grand-Saconnex , Vernier , Meyrin and Versoix ), which were ceded to the Canton of Geneva.
Administration
Prefects
The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
2 March 1800
10 December 1802
Ange Marie d'Eymar
10 December 1802
30 November 1810
Claude Ignace Brugière de Barante
30 November 1810
5 January 1814
Guillaume Antoine Benoît Capelle
5 January 1814
Not installed
Louis Toussaint de La Moussaye
Secretary-General
The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
2 March 1800
?? ?? 1802
Cornuaud
?? ?? 1803
?? ?? 1811
Étienne Charles Garnier
?? ?? 1811
31 December 1813
J.J. Councler
Subprefects of Bonneville
Term start
Term end
Office holder
1 August 1800
12 June 1811
Joseph Marie Gavard
12 June 1811
31 December 1813
Gavard Fils
26 December 1811
31 December 1813
Jean Baptiste Rogniat
Subprefects of Genève
The office of Subprefect of Genève was held by the Prefect until 1811.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
14 January 1811
7 May 1812
Bouthillier de Beaumont
7 May 1812
31 December 1813
Jean Baptiste Bourgeois de Jessaint
Subprefects of Thonon
Term start
Term end
Office holder
5 April 1800
1 October 1804
François Plagnat
1 October 1804
31 December 1813
Joseph Jérôme Milliet
See also
References
^ Almanach Impérial
Prudhomme, Louis Marie (1804). Dictionnaire universel, géographique, statistique, historique et politique de la France
Archives Nationales. "EYMAR, Ange Marie d'" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 22 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "BRUGIÈRE DE BARANTE, Claude Ignace" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 22 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "CAPELLE, Guillaume Antoine Benoît" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 22 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "DE LA MOUSSAYE, Louis Toussaint" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 22 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 Léman in France (1812)
Annexed departments of the French First Republic (1792–1804) and of the French First Empire (1804–1814)