Sègre () was a department of the

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in present-day Spain and

Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

. Named after the river Segre, it incorporated Andorra. Val d'Aran, which is in the north side of the

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, was instead incorporated to the department of

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...

. 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
/ref> This merger was established by decree but never published in the '' Bulletin des lois'', 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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Segre (Department) Former departments of France in Spain 1812 establishments in the First French Empire 19th century in Andorra Subdivisions of the First French Empire