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French department in the Ionian Islands (1797-1802); today part of Greece

Department of Ithaque Département d'Ithaque 1797–1798 The three departments of Greece Status Department of the French First Republic Chef-lieu Argostoli 38°10′N 20°29′E / 38.17°N 20.49°E / 38.17; 20.49 Common languages Greek Other languages French (administrative) Government • Commissioner Pierre-Pomponne-Amédée Pocholle Historical era French Revolutionary Wars • Treaty of Campo Formio 17 October 1797 • Establishment 7 November 1797 • Fall of Cephalonia 29 October 1798 • Official disbandment 25 March 1802 Preceded by Succeeded by Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands Septinsular Republic Pashalik of Yanina Today part of Greece

**Ithaque** (French: [\[i.tak\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French); [French](/source/French_language) for "[Ithaca](/source/Ithaca_(island))") was one of three short-lived [French departments of Greece](/source/French_departments_of_Greece).

## History

It came into existence after [Napoleon](/source/Napoleon)'s [conquest](/source/Fall_of_the_Republic_of_Venice) in 1797 of the [Republic of Venice](/source/Republic_of_Venice), when Venetian Greek possessions such as the [Ionian Islands](/source/Ionian_Islands) fell to the [French Directory](/source/French_Directory). It included the islands of [Ithaca](/source/Ithaca_(island)), [Cephalonia](/source/Cephalonia) and [Lefkada](/source/Lefkada), as well as the cities of [Preveza](/source/Preveza), [Arta](/source/Arta%2C_Greece) and [Vonitsa](/source/Vonitsa) on the adjacent mainland. Its prefecture was at [Argostoli](/source/Argostoli) on Cephalonia. The islands were lost to [Russia](/source/Russian_Empire) in 1798 and the department was officially disbanded in 1802. Also Preveza, Arta and Vonitsa were [captured in 1798](/source/Battle_of_Nicopolis_(1798)) by [Ali Pasha](/source/Ali_Pasha_of_Ioannina), ruler of the [Pashalik of Yanina](/source/Pashalik_of_Yanina).

During the [renewed French control of the area in 1807–1809](/source/French_rule_in_the_Ionian_Islands_(1807%E2%80%931814)), the department was not re-established, the constitutional form of the [Septinsular Republic](/source/Septinsular_Republic) being kept.

## Administration

### Commissioner

The Commissioner of the Directory was the highest state representative in the department.

Term start Term end Office holder 18 October 1797[1] 3 March 1799 Pierre-Pomponne-Amédée Pocholle

## See also

- [Department of Mer-Égée](/source/Mer-%C3%89g%C3%A9e)

- [Department of Corcyre](/source/Corcyre)

- [French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799)](/source/French_rule_in_the_Ionian_Islands_(1797%E2%80%931799))

- [Treaty of Campo Formio](/source/Treaty_of_Campo_Formio)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bellaire, J.P. (1805). [*Précis des opérations générales de la division française du Levant*](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NQtCAAAAcAAJ). Magimel & Humbert. p. [10](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NQtCAAAAcAAJ/page/n354). département d'ithaque.

- Lacroix, Louis (1853). *Les Îles de la Grèce* [*The Islands of Greece*] (in French). Firmin Didot. p. 638.

- Pauthier, G. (1863). *Les Îles Ioniennes pendant l'occupation française et le protectorat anglais* [*The Ionian Islands during the French occupation and the British protectorate*] (in French). Paris: Benjamin Duprat.

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