Taro (department)

{{Short description|Former French department in Italy (1808–1814)}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision | native_name = {{native name|it|Dipartimento del Taro}}<br />{{native name|fr|Département du Taro}} | conventional_long_name = Taro | common_name = Taro | subdivision = department | nation = the [[First French Empire]] | year_start = 1808 | event_start = Annexion from the [[Duchy of Parma]] | date_start = | event1 = | date_event1 = | event2 = | year_event2 = | event3 = | date_event3 = | year_end = 1814 | event_end = [[Treaty of Paris (1814)|Treaty of Paris]] | date_end = | event_pre = | date_pre = | p1 = Duchy of Parma | flag_p1 = Flag of the Duchy of Parma.svg | s1 = Duchy of Parma | flag_s1 = Flag of the Duchy of Parma.svg | image_flag = | image_coat = | image_map = Taro departement (1812).svg | image_map_caption = Location of Taro in France (1812) | capital = [[Parma]] | coordinates = {{Coord|44|48|N|10|20|E|display=inline,title}} | lats = | longs = | political_subdiv = 3 [[arrondissement]]s <ref name=Gallica/> | stat_year1 = 1812<ref name=Gallica/> | stat_area1 = 5022.36 | stat_pop1 = 376558 }} [[File:Blason ville fr Parme-Empire.svg|thumb|upright|Coat of arms of the [[French commune]] of Parma]] '''Taro''' ({{IPA|fr|ta.ʁo|lang}}) was a [[Departments of France|department]] of the [[First French Empire]] in present-day [[Italy]]. It was named after the [[Taro River]]. It was formed in 1808, when the [[Duchy of Parma and Piacenza]] was annexed by [[France]] under the [[Treaty of Lunéville]]. Its capital was [[Parma]].

The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the [[Congress of Vienna]], the Duchy was restored and given to [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Marie Louise]], Napoleon's wife. Its territory is now divided between the [[Italian provinces]] of [[Province of Parma|Parma]] and [[Province of Piacenza|Piacenza]].

The most notable person born in the then-Département of Taro was the composer [[Giuseppe Verdi]] (born 9 or 10 October 1813 in the village of [[Le Roncole]] near [[Busseto]]).

==Subdivision== The department was subdivided into the following ''[[arrondissement]]s'' and ''[[canton (administrative division)|cantons]]'' (situation in 1812):<ref name=Gallica>[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f470.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII], p. 474-475, accessed in [[Gallica]] 18 August 2013 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

* [[Parma]], cantons: [[Colorno]], [[Corniglio]], [[Parma|San Donato]], [[Fornovo di Taro|Fornovo]], [[Langhirano]], [[Parma|San Pancrazio]], [[Parma]] (2 cantons), [[Poviglio]], [[Sissa (Sissa Trecasali)|Sissa]], [[Traversetolo]] and [[Palanzano|Vairo]]. * [[Piacenza]] ({{langx|fr|Plaisance}}), cantons: [[Agazzano]], [[Bettola]], [[Borgonovo Val Tidone|Borgonovo]], [[Castel San Giovanni]], [[Pianello Val Tidone|Pianello]], [[Piacenza]] (2 cantons), [[Ponte dell'Olio]], [[Pontenure]], [[Rivergaro]] and [[Rottofreno]]. * [[Borgo San Donnino]], cantons: [[Bardi, Emilia-Romagna|Bardi]], [[Borgo San Donnino]], [[Busseto]], [[Carpaneto Piacentino|Carpaneto]], [[Cortemaggiore]], [[Fiorenzuola d'Arda|Fiorenzuola]], [[Fontanellato]], [[Lugagnano Val d'Arda|Lugagnano]], [[Monticelli d'Ongina|Monticelli]], [[Noceto]], [[Pellegrino Parmense|Pellegrino]], [[San Secondo Parmense|San Secondo]] and [[Zibello]].

Its population in 1812 was 376,558, and its area was approximately 502,236 hectares.<ref name=Gallica/>

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