Sègre was a former department of the

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in present-day Spain and

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, named after the river Segre. It incorporated

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, which is in the north side of the

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, was instead incorporated to the department of Haute-Garonne. Sègre was created on 26 January 1812 when

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was annexed by the French Empire. Its subprefectures were Talarn, and Solsona. Its prefecture was Puigcerdà; the only prefect was Jean Louis Rieul de Viefville des Essarts, from February 1812 to 1813. In March 1813 it was merged with the department of Ter into the department of Ter-et-Sègre.Les modifications intérieures et extérieures du Premier Empire
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'', nor endorsed by any senatorial decree, leaving its legal status uncertain. In 1814 the French left the

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, having occupied it since 1808. The departments disappeared.

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