Escaut (department)

The Département de l' Escaut ( German Department of the Scheldt; Dutch Department van de Schelde ) was a 1795 to 1814 the French State belonging to the department. It was named after the river Scheldt. This department is not to be confused with the northerly Département des Bouches -de- l'Escaut ( Scheldt estuaries ), which also belonged from 1811 to 1814 for France.

History

The area came in 1814 to today's Belgian province of East Flanders, a part ( State - Vlaanderen, Zeeland Flanders ) came to the Dutch province of Zeeland.

Structure

Capital ( chef-lieu ) of the department or office of the prefecture was the city of Ghent. It was divided into four arrondissements and 41 cantons, while peace judicial districts and 338 municipalities divided:

The Department had an area of ​​3,570 square kilometers and in 1812 a total of 636 438 inhabitants.

First French Empire Cantons of France Deinze Evergem Kruishoutem Lochristi Nazareth, Belgium Nevele Oosterzele Waarschoot Zomergem Aalst, Belgium Beveren Hamme Sint-Gillis-Waas Sint-Niklaas Wetteren Zele Assenede Eeklo IJzendijke Kaprijke Oostburg Brakel Geraardsbergen Ninove Oudenaarde Horebeke French period
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