Ems-Supérieur
Ems-Supérieur (French: [ɛms sy.pe.ʁjœʁ], "Upper Ems"; German: Ober-Ems) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was formed in 1811, when the region was annexed by France. Its territory was part of the present-day German lands Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its capital was Osnabrück.
The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):[1]
- Osnabrück, cantons: Bramsche, Dissen, Bad Essen, Bad Iburg, Lengerich, Melle, Osnabrück (3 cantons), Ostbevern, Ostercappeln, Tecklenburg and Versmold.
- Minden, cantons: Petershagen, Bünde, Enger, Levern, Lübbecke, Minden, Quernheim, Rahden, Uchte and Werther.
- Quakenbrück, cantons: Ankum, Cloppenburg, Diepholz, Dinklage, Friesoythe, Löningen, Quakenbrück, Vechta, Vörden and Wildeshausen.
- Lingen, cantons: Bevergern, Freren, Fürstenau, Haselünne, Ibbenbüren, Lingen, Meppen, Papenburg and Sögel.
Its population in 1812 was 415,018.[1]
After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, most of the department became part of the Kingdom of Hanover.
References
- ^ a b Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 399, accessed in Gallica 24 July 2013 (in French)
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Annexed departments of the French First Republic (1792–1804) and of the French First Empire (1804–1814)- Deux-Nèthes
- Dyle
- Escaut
- Forêts
- Jemmape
- Lys
- Meuse-Inférieure
- Ourthe
- Sambre-et-Meuse
- Léman
- Mont-Terrible
- Simplon
- Bouches-de-l'Elbe
- Bouches-du-Weser
- Ems-Oriental
- Ems-Supérieur
- Lippe
- Mont-Tonnerre
- Rhin-et-Moselle
- Roer
- Sarre
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Apennins
- Arno
- Doire
- Gênes
- Marengo
- Méditerranée
- Mont-Blanc
- Montenotte
- Ombrone
- Pô
- Rome
- Sésia
- Stura
- Tanaro
- Taro
- Trasimène
- Bouches-de-l'Èbre
- Montserrat / Bouches-de-l'Èbre-Montserrat
- Sègre
- Ter / Sègre-Ter
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