This is a list of the 130

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

(), the conventional name for the administrative subdivisions of the

First French Empire The First French Empire or French Empire (; ), also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from ...

at the height of its territorial extent, circa 1811. Several territories of European France were also ruled over directly by France but were not organised into departments, these being:

Illyrian Provinces The Illyrian Provinces were an autonomous province of France during the First French Empire that existed under Napoleonic Rule from 1809 to 1814. The province encompassed large parts of modern Italy and Croatia, extending their reach further e ...

, and the Principality of Erfurt, and so these are not included in this list. Similarly, four additional French departments were also created in

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

(annexed from Spain in 1812); their juridical status remained incomplete until the French lost their grip on Spain in 1814. Those departments were: Bouches-de-l'Èbre,

Montserrat Montserrat ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, wit ...

, Sègre, and Ter.

List

The names of departments formed from territories annexed to France after 1791 have been colour-coded as follows: Moreover, the Tanaro department was established in 1802 and disbanded in 1805; it was one of the six original ''départments'' which took the place of the Subalpine Republic. Its territory was divided between the three ''départments'' of Marengo, Stura, and Montenotte (the latter was created after the annexation of the Ligurian Republic).

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Descriptions of the departments in French
{{Annexed departments of the First French Empire Former departments of France Subdivisions of the First French Empire