Stura was a 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 Italy

Italy

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. It was named after the river Stura di Demonte

Stura di Demonte

Stura di Demonte is a 111 km long river in northwestern Italy . It is a tributary to the river Tanaro, which is a tributary of the river Po. Its source is in the Alps, near the border with France. It flows through Demonte and Cuneo before joining the Tanaro just east of Cherasco....

. It was formed in 1802, when Napoleon Bonaparte occupied the Kingdom of Sardinia

Kingdom of Sardinia

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. Its capital was Cuneo

Cuneo

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. It was divided into the arrondissement

Arrondissement

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s of Cuneo, Alba, Mondovì

Mondovì

Mondovì is a town and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, located c. 80 km from Turin....

, Saluzzo

Saluzzo

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, and Savigliano

Savigliano

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. It was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Its territory corresponds more or less with that of the present Italian province of Cuneo

Province of Cuneo

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See also

• the river Stura di Demonte
  Stura di Demonte
  Stura di Demonte is a 111 km long river in northwestern Italy . It is a tributary to the river Tanaro, which is a tributary of the river Po. Its source is in the Alps, near the border with France. It flows through Demonte and Cuneo before joining the Tanaro just east of Cherasco....
  
  , tributary of the Tanaro
  Tanaro River
  The Tanaro , known as Tanarus in ancient times, is a 276 km-long river in northwestern Italy. It rises in the Ligurian Alps, close to the border with France and is the most significant right-side tributary to the Po in terms of length, size of drainage basin and discharge.-Source:The Tanaro proper...
  
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• the rivers Stura di Lanzo
  Stura di Lanzo
  Stura di Lanzo is a 65 km long river in north-western Italy . It is formed from several tributaries near Lanzo Torinese. It flows into the river Po in Turin.The name Stura has Celtic origin: stur, which means "to fall".-External links:...
  
   and Stura del Monferrato
  Stura del Monferrato
  The Stura del Monferrato is a 36.7 km stream, which runs through Murisengo, Cerrina Monferrato, Mombello Monferrato and Pontestura in the Italian Province of Alessandria.A right tributary of the Po River it flows in a northeasterly direction within the...
  
  , both tributaries of the Po
  Po River
  The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face...
  
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