130 departments of the First French Empire


This is a list of the 130 departments, the conventional name for the administrative subdivisions of the First French Empire at the height of its territorial extent, circa 1811.
Note that the Illyrian Provinces were also part of France, but were not organised into departments, and so are not included in this list. Similarly, four additional French departments were also created in Catalonia ; their juridical status remained incomplete until the French lost their grip on Spain in 1814. Those departments were: Bouches-de-l'Èbre, Montserrat, Sègre, and Ter.
AinCherHaut-RhinMaine-et-LoireRoer
AisneCorrèzeHaute-GaronneMancheRome
AllierCorseHaute-LoireMarengoSambre-et-Meuse
Alpes-MaritimesCôte-d'OrHaute-MarneMarneSaône-et-Loire
ApenninsCôtes-du-NordHaute-SaôneMayenneSarre
ArdècheCreuseHaute-VienneMéditerranéeSarthe
ArdennesDeux-NèthesHautes-AlpesMeurtheSeine
AriègeDeux-SèvresHautes-PyrénéesMeuseSeine-et-Marne
ArnoDoireHéraultMeuse-InférieureSeine-et-Oise
AubeDordogneIlle-et-VilaineMont-BlancSeine-Inférieure
AudeDoubsIndreMont-TonnerreSésia
AveyronDrômeIndre-et-LoireMontenotteSimplon
Bas-RhinDyleIsèreMorbihanSomme
Basses-AlpesEms-OccidentalJemmapeMoselleStura
Basses-PyrénéesEms-OrientalJuraNièvreTarn
Bouches-de-l'ElbeEms-SupérieurLandesNordTarn-et-Garonne
Bouches-de-l'EscautEscautLémanOiseTaro
Bouches-de-l'YsselEureLippeOmbroneTrasimène
Bouches-de-la-MeuseEure-et-LoirLoir-et-CherOrneVar
Bouches-du-RhinFinistèreLoireOurtheVaucluse
Bouches-du-RhôneForêtsLoire-InférieurePas-de-CalaisVendée
Bouches-du-WeserFriseLoiretVienne
CalvadosGardLotPuy-de-DômeVosges
CantalGênesLot-et-GaronnePyrénées-OrientalesYonne
CharenteGersLozèreRhin-et-MoselleYssel-Supérieur
Charente-InférieureGirondeLysRhôneZuyderzée

The names of departments formed from territories annexed to France after 1791 have been colour-coded as follows:
Former territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia, annexed in 1792 and 1793
Former territory of the Austrian Netherlands and other territories, annexed in 1795
Former territory of the Holy Roman Empire on the left bank of the Rhine, annexed on various dates between 1795 and 1801
Former territory of the Cisrhenian Republic, annexed in 1802
Former territory of the Subalpine Republic and the Ligurian Republic
Former territory of the Kingdom of Etruria and the Duchy of Parma
Former territory of the Papal States, annexed in 1809
Former territory of various German states, annexed in 1810
Former territory of the Kingdom of Holland, annexed in 1810
Former territory of the Rhodanic Republic, annexed in 1810

Moreover, the Tanaro department was established in 1802 and disbanded in 1805; it was one of the six original départments which took the place of the Subalpine Republic. Its territory was divided between the three départments of Marengo, Stura, and Montenotte.