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Ombrone (department)

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Department of OmbroneDépartement de l'Ombrone (French)
Department of the First French Empire
1808–1814

Location of Ombrone in France (1812)
CapitalSiena
Area
 • Coordinates43°20′N 11°20′E / 43.333°N 11.333°E / 43.333; 11.333
 
• 18127,748.97 km (2,991.89 sq mi)
Population 
• 1812 189,307
History 
• Annexion from the Kingdom of Etruria 25 May 1808
• Treaty of Paris 1814
Political subdivisions3 arrondissements
Preceded by Succeeded by
Kingdom of Etruria
Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Ombrone (French: [ɔ̃.bʁɔn]) was a department of the First French Empire in what is now Italy. It was named after the river Ombrone. It was formed in 1808, when the Kingdom of Etruria (formerly the Grand Duchy of Tuscany) was annexed directly to France. Its capital was Siena.

The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was restored to its previous Habsburg-Lorraine prince, Ferdinand III. Its territory is now divided between the Italian provinces of Siena, Arezzo and Grosseto.

Subdivisions

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):

Its population in 1812 was 189,307, and its area was 774,897 hectares.

See also

References

  1. ^ Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 446, accessed in Gallica 26 July 2013 (in French)
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