Ems-Occidental

The Département de l' Ems - Occidental ( German department of the Western Ems; Dutch Department van de Wester- Eemian ) was a country from 1811 to 1813 to the French belonging Territory. It was named after the river Ems.

History

Before 1790 the territory of the department belonged to the historical province of Groningen and Drenthe landscape of the Republic of the United Netherlands. In connection with the Revolution in France (1789 ) and the first Revolutionary War ( 1792-1797 ) was created in 1795 in the northern Netherlands, the Batavian Republic. 1806 went on this in the Kingdom of Holland, ruled by Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte. After Louis abdicated in July 1810, the territory was incorporated into the French Empire.

To January 1, 1811 there was a reorganization of previous Dutch departments and alignment with the French administrative divisions. The administrative area of the Department of Western Ems was a summary of the previous Departments Dutch Groningen and Drenthe.

Temporary, from 1 January to 27 April 1811 and the district was part of New House of the Department of Western Ems, it then moved to the new Department of the lip, which belonged to the Hanseatic departments.

According to the French administrative division in the department of arrondissements, cantons and municipalities were divided. The cantons were also justice of the peace districts.

After Napoleon's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig ( October 1813 ) the country came into the possession of William of Orange -Nassau in December 1813. Taken in response to the Congress of Vienna (June 1815) agreements, the area was assigned to the new Kingdom of the Netherlands. In August 1815 this was divided into provinces, from the Department of Western Ems created the modern provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. The Canton Jemgum and a large part of the canton Weener came to the Kingdom of Hanover and today belong to Lower Saxony.

Structure

Capital ( chef-lieu ) of the department or office of the prefecture was the city of Groningen. It was divided into four arrondissements and cantons 17:

From 1 January 1811 to 27 April 1811 Arrondissement New house belonged to.

The Department had a total of 191.100 inhabitants in 1812.