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Department of Lys | |||||||||
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| 1795–1814 | |||||||||
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| Status | Department of the French First Republic and French First Empire | ||||||||
| Chef-lieu | Bruges 51°12′N 3°13′E / 51.200°N 3.217°E | ||||||||
| Official languages | French | ||||||||
| Common languages | Dutch | ||||||||
| Historical era | French Revolutionary Wars | ||||||||
• Creation | 1 October 1795 | ||||||||
• Treaty of Paris, disestablished | 30 May 1814 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1784[1] | 444,260 | ||||||||
• 1804[1] | 461,659 | ||||||||
• 1805[2] | 471,689 | ||||||||
• 1812[3] | 491,143 | ||||||||
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Lys (French: [lis], Dutch: Leie) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the river Lys (Leie). It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic.[4] Prior to this annexation, its territory was part of the County of Flanders. Its Chef-lieu was Bruges.
The department was subdivided into the following four arrondissements and cantons (as of 1812):[3]
- Bruges: Ardoye, Bruges (5 cantons), Ghistelles, Ostende, Ruysselede, Thielt and Thourout (2 cantons).
- Courtray: Avelghem, Courtray (4 cantons), Haerelbeke, Ingelmunster, Menin, Meulebeke, Moozeele, Oost-roosebeke and Roulers.
- Furnes: Dixmude, Furnes, Haeringhe and Nieuport.
- Ypres: Elverdinge, Hooglede, Messines, Pashendaele, Poperinghe, Wervicq and Ypres (2 cantons).
After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its territory corresponded perfectly with the present-day Belgian province of West Flanders.
- ^ a b Mémoire statistique du département de la Lys. Imprimerie de Sa Majesté. 1804. pp. 1–29.
- ^ Annuaire du Département de la Lys. Imprimerie de Sa Majesté. 1805. p. 128.
- ^ a b Almanach Impérial. Imprimerie de Sa Majesté. 1812. p. 427.
- ^ Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1835). Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, t. 8. p. 300.
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