Bouches-de-l'Èbre was a former département of the First French Empire

First French Empire

The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...

 in present day Spain

Spain

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. It was created on 26 January 1812 on Catalonia

Catalonia

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's annexation by the French Empire. Its prefecture was in Lleida

Lleida

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 and its subprefectures were Tortosa

Tortosa

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, Cervera

Cervera

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 and Tarragona

Tarragona

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 and its only prefect was Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemont, who had previously been auditor to the Council of State and sub prefect of Zierickzée (a subprefecture of the department of Bouches-de-l'Escaut

Bouches-de-l'Escaut

Bouches-de-l'Escaut is the name of a département of the First French Empire in the present Netherlands. It is named after the mouth of the river Scheldt . It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponds with the present Dutch province Zeeland,...

). He served as prefect from 12 February 1812 until 1813, moving to become prefect of Sambre-et-Meuse

Sambre-et-Meuse

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 then of Tarn-et-Garonne

Tarn-et-Garonne

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 under the First Restoration

Bourbon Restoration

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 - he then continued his career as a prefect under the Second Restoration before finally becoming a member of the Chamber of Deputies of France

Chamber of Deputies of France

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 under the July Monarchy

July Monarchy

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.

See also

• French departments of Spain
  French departments of Spain
  The French departments of Spain were territorial subdivisions of the territory conquered in Catalonia in 1812 by the First French Empire at the outset of the Peninsular War...
  
  
• 130 departments of the First French Empire