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Dyle (department)

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Department of Dyle

Département de la Dyle (French)
Departement Dijle (Dutch)

1795–1814

Coat of arms

Dyle and other annexed departments

Status

Department of the French First Republic and the French First Empire

Chef-lieu

Bruxelles
50°50′N 04°21′E / 50.833°N 4.350°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]

390,535

• 1800^[2]

363,661

• 1806^[1]

432,019

• 1812^[3]

431,969

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Duchy of Brabant

Province of Brabant

Today part of

Belgium

Dyle (French: [dil], Dutch: Dijle) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the river Dyle (Dijle), which flows through the department. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the Belgian province of Brabant, now divided into Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and the Brussels-Capital Region. 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] Before the annexation, its territory was partly in the Duchy of Brabant, partly in the County of Hainaut, and partly in some smaller territories.

The Chef-lieu of the department was the City of Brussels (Bruxelles in French). The department was subdivided into the following three arrondissements and cantons (as of 1812):^[5]

Bruxelles: Anderlecht, Asse, Bruxelles (4 cantons), Hal, La Hulpe, Lennik, Woluwe-Saint-Étienne, Uccle, Vilvorde and Wolvertem.
Louvain: Aerschot, Diest, Glabbeek, Grez-Doiceau, Haecht, Léau, Louvain (2 cantons) and Tirlemont (2 cantons).
Nivelles: Genappe, Hérinnes, Jodoigne, Nivelles (2 cantons), Perwez and Wavre.

After the defeat of Napoleon the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, as the province of (South) Brabant.

Administration

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Prefects

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The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.

Term start	Term end	Office holder
2 March 1800^[6]	1 February 1805	Louis Gustave le Doulcet de Pontécoulant
1 February 1805^[7]	12 May 1808	François Louis René Mouchard de Chaban
12 May 1808^[8]	12 March 1813	Frédéric Séraphin de la Tour du Pin Gouvernet
12 March 1813^[9]	30 May 1814	Frédéric-Christophe d'Houdetot

General Secretaries

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The General Secretary was the deputy to the Prefect.

Term start	Term end	Office holder
26 April 1800^[10]	?? ?? 1806	Joseph Claude Anne Le Gras de Bercagny
?? ?? 1806	30 May 1814	Jean Jacques Victor Verseyden de Varick

Subprefects of Bruxelles

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

Term start	Term end	Office holder
14 January 1811^[11]	30 May 1814	Jean Pierre Henri Amédée Marbotin de Conteneuil

Subprefects of Louvain

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Term start	Term end	Office holder
1 June 1800^[11]	17 May 1810	Duchastel
17 May 1810^[11]	30 May 1814	Sterckx

Subprefects of Nivelles

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Term start	Term end	Office holder
25 April 1800^[11]	26 December 1811	Bauduin Joseph Ghislain Berlaimont
26 December 1811^[11]	30 May 1814	Martin de Bussy-Boulancy

References

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^ ^a ^b Massin, Antoine (1812). Almanach du Département de la Dyle (PDF). A.J.D. De Braeckenier. p. 63.
^ Oudiette, Charles (1804). Dictionnaire géographique et topographique des treize départements de la Belgique et de la rive gauche du Rhin. Imprimerie de Cramer. p. XIII.
^ Almanach Impérial. Imprimerie de Sa Majesté. 1812. p. 396.
^ Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1835). Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, t. 8. p. 300.
^ Mémoire statistique du département de la Dyle. Imprimerie de Sa Majesté. 1804.
^ Archives Nationales. "LE DOULCET DE PONTÉCOULANT, Louis Gustave". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ Archives Nationales. "MOUCHARD DE CHABAN, François Louis René". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ Archives Nationales. "DE LA TOUR DU PIN GOUVERNET, Frédéric Séraphin". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ Archives Nationales. "HOUDETOT, Frédéric Christophe d'". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ Archives Nationales. "LEGRAS DE BERCAGNY, Joseph Claude Anne". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Tulard, Jean & Marie-José (2014). Napoléon et 40 millions de sujets: La centralisation et le premier empire. Tallandier. p. 291. ISBN 9791021001480.

v t e Annexed departments of the French First Republic (1792–1804) and of the French First Empire (1804–1814)
Ionian Islands	Corcyre Ithaque Mer-Égée
Austrian Netherlands	Deux-Nèthes Dyle Escaut Forêts Jemmape Lys Meuse-Inférieure Ourthe Sambre-et-Meuse
Old Swiss Confederacy	Léman Mont-Terrible Simplon
Kingdom of Holland	Bouches-de-la-Meuse Bouches-de-l'Escaut Bouches-de-l'Yssel Bouches-du-Rhin Ems-Occidental Frise Yssel-Supérieur Zuyderzée
Holy Roman Empire	Bouches-de-l'Elbe Bouches-du-Weser Ems-Oriental Ems-Supérieur Lippe Mont-Tonnerre Rhin-et-Moselle Roer Sarre
Italian states	Alpes-Maritimes Apennins Arno Doire Gênes Marengo Méditerranée Mont-Blanc Montenotte Ombrone Pô Rome Sésia Stura Tanaro Taro Trasimène
Kingdom of Spain	Bouches-de-l'Èbre Montserrat / Bouches-de-l'Èbre-Montserrat Sègre Ter / Sègre-Ter
Austrian Empire	Illyrian Provinces (autonomous departments)

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