# Sambre-et-Meuse

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For the military march, see [Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse](/source/Le_R%C3%A9giment_de_Sambre_et_Meuse).

Former French department

Department of Sambre-et-Meuse Département de Sambre-et-Meuse (French) 1795–1814 Location of Sambre-et-Meuse in France (1812) Status Department of the French First Republic and the French First Empire Chef-lieu Namur 50°28′N 4°52′E / 50.467°N 4.867°E / 50.467; 4.867 Official languages French History • Creation 1 October 1795 • Treaty of Paris, disestablished 30 May 1814 Population • 1814[1] 180,655 Preceded by Succeeded by Austrian Netherlands Prince-Bishopric of Liège Province of Namur Today part of Belgium

**Sambre-et-Meuse** (French: [\[sɑ̃bʁ e møz\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French)) was a [department](/source/Departments_of_France) of the [French First Republic](/source/French_First_Republic) and [French First Empire](/source/French_First_Empire) in present-day [Belgium](/source/Belgium). It was named after the rivers [Sambre](/source/Sambre) and [Meuse](/source/Meuse). It was created on 1 October 1795, when the [Austrian Netherlands](/source/Austrian_Netherlands) and the [Prince-Bishopric of Liège](/source/Prince-Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge) were officially annexed by the French Republic.[2] Prior to this annexation, the territory included in the department had lain in the [County of Namur](/source/County_of_Namur), the [Prince-Bishopric of Liège](/source/Prince-Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge) and the Duchies of [Brabant](/source/Duchy_of_Brabant) and [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg).

Sambre-et-Meuse within the northern French Empire (1811)

Map of the former Sambre-et-Meuse département

The [Chef-lieu](/source/Prefectures_in_France) of the department was [Namur](/source/Namur). The department was subdivided into the following four [arrondissements](/source/Arrondissement) and [cantons](/source/Canton_(administrative_division)):

- [Namur](/source/Namur): [Andenne](/source/Andenne), [Dhuy](/source/%C3%89ghez%C3%A9e), [Fosses](/source/Fosses-la-Ville), [Gembloux](/source/Gembloux) and [Namur](/source/Namur%2C_Belgium) (2 cantons).

- [Dinant](/source/Dinant): [Beauraing](/source/Beauraing), [Ciney](/source/Ciney), [Dinant](/source/Dinant), [Florennes](/source/Florennes) and [Walcourt](/source/Walcourt).

- [Marche](/source/Marche-en-Famenne): [Durbuy](/source/Durbuy), [Érezée](/source/%C3%89rez%C3%A9e), [Havelange](/source/Havelange), [La Roche](/source/La_Roche-en-Ardenne), [Marche](/source/Marche-en-Famenne) and [Rochefort](/source/Rochefort%2C_Belgium).

- [Saint-Hubert](/source/Saint-Hubert%2C_Belgium): [Gedinne](/source/Gedinne), [Nassogne](/source/Nassogne), [Saint-Hubert](/source/Saint-Hubert%2C_Belgium) and [Wellin](/source/Wellin).

After [Napoleon](/source/Napoleon) was defeated in 1814, the department was dissolved and later became part of the [United Kingdom of the Netherlands](/source/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands). Its territory is now divided between the Belgian provinces of [Namur](/source/Namur_(province)) and [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg_(province_of_Belgium)).

## Administration

### Prefects

The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.

Term start Term end Office holder 2 March 1800[3] 17 April 1806 Emmanuel Pérès de la Gesse 3 January 1814[4] 30 May 1814 Jean Paul Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemon

### Secretaries-General

The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.

Term start Term end Office holder 2 March 1800 ?? ?? 1803 Corneille Joseph Bauchau ?? ?? 1803 30 May 1814 L.A. Fallon

### Subprefects of Dinant

Term start Term end Office holder 23 April 1800[1] 7 April 1813 Louis Joseph Delevingne 7 April 1813[1] 30 May 1814 Claude François Prudhomme

### Subprefects of Marche

Term start Term end Office holder 23 April 1800[1] 24 May 1800 Dewal 24 May 1800[1] 30 May 1814 Jacques François Joseph Briart

### Subprefects of Namur

The office of Subprefect of Namur was held by the Prefect until 1811.

Term start Term end Office holder 14 January 1811[1] 30 May 1814 Edouard Auxy

### Subprefects of Saint-Hubert

Term start Term end Office holder 23 April 1800[1] 30 May 1814 Louis Dieudonné Joseph Dewez

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-e_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-e_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-e_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-e_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-e_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-e_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-e_1-6) Tulard, Jean & Marie-José (2014). [*Napoléon et 40 millions de sujets: La centralisation et le premier empire*](https://books.google.com/books?id=kp5SCwAAQBAJ&q=sous%20pr%C3%A9fets%20de%20furnes%20van%20den%20busche&pg=PA291). Tallandier. p. 354. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9791021001480](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9791021001480).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1835). [*Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, t. 8*](https://books.google.com/books?id=uEcUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA300). p. 300.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Archives Nationales. ["PÉRÈS DE LA GESSE, Emmanuel"](https://francearchives.fr/fr/facomponent/cdf94f10a6f71c4f353186a650a8d992e4eb6c87). *francearchives.fr*. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Archives Nationales. ["VILLENEUVE-BARGEMON, Jean Paul Alban de"](https://francearchives.fr/fr/facomponent/7e9c1832c51e514b9f80759cd0d5fffe7284dcf6). *francearchives.fr*. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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