Bouches-de-l'Escaut

The Département des Bouches de l' Escaut ( German Department of the Scheldt estuaries; Dutch Department of moons van de Schelde ) was from 1810 to 1813 the French government belonging to the department. It was named after the Schelde Estuary. This department is not to be confused with the southerly Département de l' Escaut (department of the Scheldt ), which also belonged from 1795 to 1814 for France.

History

The King of Holland came from Paris due to a treatise on March 16, 1810 "completely Zealand, with the inclusion of the islands Schouwen and funds on the left side of the Waal " in France, so that the border between Holland and France by the thalweg of the Waal was formed by Schenkenschanz to. This land should form a separate department.

The area of the department is now part of the Dutch province of Zeeland.

Structure

Capital ( chef-lieu ) of the department or office of the prefecture was the city of Middelburg in today's Dutch province of Zeeland. It was divided into three arrondissements and cantons ten:

The Department had an area of 680 square kilometers and in 1812 a total of 76 820 inhabitants.