Zuyderzée

The department Zuyderzée (or Zuyder - zee ) was between January 1, 1811 and 1814 existing French Territory.

The name is derived from the former Zuiderzee. The area corresponds more or less to that of the present Dutch provinces North Holland and Utrecht.

After the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 corresponded to the area, mainly in the old boundaries of North Holland and Utrecht the stylus in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Structure

Capital ( chef-lieu ) of the department or office of the prefecture was the city of Amsterdam. It was divided into six arrondissements:

The Department had an area of ​​9,501 square kilometers and in 1812 a total of 507 500 inhabitants.

Loenen aan de Vecht Naarden Amstelveen Watergraafsmeer Weesp Alkmaar Graft-De Rijp Wieringen Zijpe Amersfoort Rhenen Wijk bij Duurstede Beverwijk Haarlem Heemstede Oostzaan Enkhuizen Hoorn Medemblik Monnickendam Purmerend Maarssen Mijdrecht Schoonhoven Woerden IJsselstein French period
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