Lys (French: [lis] , Dutch : Leie ) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium . It was named after the river Lys (Leie). It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic. Prior to this annexation, its territory was part of the County of Flanders . Its Chef-lieu was Bruges .
Lys within the northern French Empire (1811) The department was subdivided into the following four arrondissements and cantons (as of 1812):
Bruges : Ardoye , Bruges (5 cantons), Ghistelles , Ostende , Ruysselede , Thielt and Thourout (2 cantons).Courtray : Avelghem , Courtray (4 cantons), Haerelbeke , Ingelmunster , Menin , Meulebeke , Moozeele , Oost-roosebeke and Roulers .Furnes : Dixmude , Furnes , Haeringhe and Nieuport .Ypres : Elverdinge , Hooglede , Messines , Pashendaele , Poperinghe , Wervicq and Ypres (2 cantons).After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands . Its territory corresponded perfectly with the present-day Belgian province of West Flanders .
Administration
Prefects
The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
2 March 1800
9 February 1804
François Marie Joseph Justin de Viry
9 February 1804
12 May 1808
François Bernard de Chauvelin
30 November 1810
25 August 1811
Pierre Amédée Vincent Joseph Marie Arborio-Biamino
25 August 1811
30 May 1814
Jean François Soult
General Secretaries
The General Secretary was the deputy to the Prefect.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
2 March 1800
30 May 1814
Auguste Henissart
Subprefects of Bruges
Until 1811, the Prefect also held the office of Subprefect of Bruges.
Term start
Term end
Office holder
14 January 1811
30 May 1814
Delanghe
Subprefects of Courtray
Term start
Term end
Office holder
25 April 1800
3 May 1801
Jean Baptiste De Burck
3 May 1801
3 May 1802
Constant
3 May 1802
30 May 1814
Antoine Alexis Joseph Picquet
Subprefects of Furnes
Term start
Term end
Office holder
25 April 1800
1 September 1801
Van den Bussche
1 September 1801
3 May 1802
Antoine Alexis Joseph Picquet
3 May 1802
25 March 1807
Philippe Jacques Herwyn
25 March 1807
21 September 1808
Nicolas Charles Joseph Dubois
21 September 1808
8 April 1813
Delaëter
8 April 1813
30 May 1814
F. Heim
Subprefects of Ypres
Term start
Term end
Office holder
25 April 1800
30 May 1814
Arnould Claude Gallois
References
^ Mémoire statistique du département de la Lys
Annuaire du Département de la Lys ^ Almanach Impérial
Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1835). Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, t. 8
Archives Nationales. "VIRY, François Marie Joseph Justin de" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 21 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "CHAUVELIN, Bernard François de" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 21 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "BIAMINO ARBORIO, Pierre Amédée Vincent Joseph Marie" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 21 June 2019.
Archives Nationales. "SOULT, Jean François" . francearchives.fr . Retrieved 21 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 Lys in France (1812)
Annexed departments of the French First Republic (1792–1804) and of the French First Empire (1804–1814)