Stura was a
department
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, ...
of the
French Consulate and of the
First French Empire in present-day
Italy. It was named after the river
Stura di Demonte. It was formed in 1802, when the
Subalpine Republic
The Subalpine Republic was a short-lived republic that existed between 1800 and 1802 on the territory of Piedmont during its military rule by Napoleonic France.
History
Piedmont was the main part of the Kingdom of Sardinia which, despite its n ...
(formerly the mainland portion of the
Kingdom of Sardinia) was annexed to France. Its capital was
Cuneo.
The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the
Congress of Vienna, the
Savoyard King of Sardinia
The following is a list of rulers of Sardinia, in particular, of the monarchs of the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica from 1323 and then of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1479 to 1861.
Early history
Owing to the absence of written sources, litt ...
was restored in all its previous realms and domains, including
Piedmont. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the present-day
Italian province of
Cuneo.
Subdivisions
The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and
cantons (situation in 1812):
[Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII]
p. 471-472, accessed in Gallica 31 July 2013
*
Cuneo (french: Coni), cantons:
Borgo San Dalmazzo
Borgo San Dalmazzo ( oc, Lo Borg Sant Dalmatz) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about southwest of Cuneo.
Borgo San Dalmazzo takes its name from Saint Dalm ...
,
Boves,
Busca,
Caraglio
Caraglio is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. As of 1 January 2018, it had a population of 6,782 and an area of .All demograp ...
,
Centallo,
Cuneo,
Demonte,
Dronero
Dronero ( oc, Draonier) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo at the entrance of the Valle Maira.
Main sights
*''Ponte Vecchio'', als ...
,
San Damiano,
Valgrana,
Vernante and
Vinadio.
*
Alba, cantons:
Alba,
Bossolasco,
Bra,
Canale Canale may refer to:
Places
;Italy
* Canale, Piedmont, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cuneo
* Canale, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, a ''frazione'' in the Province of Trento
* Canale d'Agordo, a ''comune'' in the Province of Belluno, Veneto
* C ...
,
Cortemilia,
Guarene,
La Morra and
Sommariva del Bosco.
*
Mondovì
Mondovì (; pms, Ël Mondvì , la, Mons Regalis) is a town and ''comune'' (township) in Piedmont, northern Italy, about from Turin. The area around it is known as the Monregalese.
The town, located on the Monte Regale hill, is divided into ...
, cantons:
Bene,
Carrù,
Chiusa,
Mondovì
Mondovì (; pms, Ël Mondvì , la, Mons Regalis) is a town and ''comune'' (township) in Piedmont, northern Italy, about from Turin. The area around it is known as the Monregalese.
The town, located on the Monte Regale hill, is divided into ...
(2 cantons),
Rocca de' Baldi,
Torre and
Villanova.
*
Saluzzo (french: Saluces), cantons:
Barge,
Moretta
Moretta is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about north of Cuneo. As of 1-1-2017, it had a population of 4 141 and an area of .All demographics and other st ...
,
Paesana
Paesana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,027 and an area of .All demographics a ...
,
Revello,
Sampeyre,
Saluzzo,
Venasca and
Verzuolo
Verzuolo is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,379 and an area of .All demographic ...
.
*
Savigliano, cantons:
Cavallermaggiore,
Cherasco,
Costigliole,
Fossano,
Racconigi
Racconigi ( pms, Racunis) is a town and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy. It is located in the province of Cuneo, south of Turin, and north of Cuneo by rail.
History
The town was founded in medieval times. It was a possession of the marquisses of ...
and
Savigliano.
Its population in 1812 was 431,438, and its area was approximately 857,216 hectares.
[
The ''Geographical Dictionary portable 1809'' summarized the Department of Stura:
]
List of prefects
*26 August 1802 – 1803 Jean Laurent de Grégory, comte de Marcorengo
*24 September 1803 – 1810 Pierre Amédée Vincent Joseph Marie Arborio-Biamino
*30 November 1811 – 12 March 1813 Auguste Joseph Baude de La Vieuville
*12 March 1813 – March 1813 Antoine Louis Campan
*25 March 1813 – 1814 Louis-Honoré-Félix Le Peletier d'Aunay
See also
*The river Stura di Demonte, tributary of the Tanaro.
*The rivers Stura di Lanzo
Stura di Lanzo ( la, Varus) is a long river in north-western Italy (Piedmont), in the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is formed from several tributaries near Lanzo Torinese. It flows into the river Po in Turin.
Toponymy
The name Stura has C ...
and Stura del Monferrato
The Stura del Monferrato (also known as the Stura piccola and the Stura di Casale, in each case to distinguish it from other Piedmontese watercourses of the same name: the Stura di Lanzo, the Stura di Demonte and the Stura di Ovada) is a stream, ...
, both tributaries of the Po.
References
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Former departments of France in Italy
1802 establishments in France