Stura was a department of the

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and of the

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in present-day

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. It was named after the river

Stura di Demonte Stura di Demonte ( la, Stura) is a long river in northwestern Italy (Piedmont). Geography The river is a tributary to the river Tanaro, which is a tributary of the river Po. Its source is in the Alps, near the border with France. It flows thr ...

. It was formed in 1802, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainland portion of the

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) was annexed to France. Its capital was

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

. The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the

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, the Savoyard

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was restored in all its previous realms and domains, including

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. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the present-day

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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 *

(french: Coni), cantons: Borgo San Dalmazzo, Boves, Busca,

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Centallo Centallo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about north of Cuneo. The municipality of Centallo contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and ham ...

Demonte Demonte is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about southwest of Cuneo, in the Valle Stura di Demonte. Demonte borders the following municipalities: Aisone, ...

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, San Damiano, Valgrana, Vernante and

Vinadio Vinadio ( oc, Vinai) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about southwest of Cuneo, on the border with France. It is located along the Stura di Demonte r ...

. *

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, cantons:

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, Canale,

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and

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. * Mondovì, cantons: Bene, Carrù,

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, Mondovì (2 cantons), Rocca de' Baldi, Torre and Villanova. *

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(french: Saluces), cantons:

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, Moretta, Paesana, Revello,

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and Verzuolo. *

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, cantons:

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, Costigliole,

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, Racconigi and

. 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

References

{{Authority control Former departments of France in Italy 1802 establishments in France

Subdivisions

List of prefects

See also

References