Jemmape (department)

Jemmape [ʒɛ.map] was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the Battle of Jemappes, fought between the French and the Austrians in 1792 near the village of Jemappes, near Mons. Jemappes was spelled Jemmape, Jemmapes or Jemmappes at the time. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the Belgian province of Hainaut. It was firstly created on 2 March 1793, and then recreated on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic.[2] Before annexation, its territory lay in the County of Hainaut, Tournai and the Tournaisis, the County of Namur (Charleroi) and the Bishopric of Liège (Thuin).

Department of Jemmape
Département de Jemmape (French)
1795–1814
Flag of Jemmape
Jemmape and other annexed departments
Jemmape and other annexed departments
StatusDepartment of the French First Republic and the French First Empire
Chef-lieuMons
50°27′N 3°53′E
Official languagesFrench
Common languagesDutch
Historical eraFrench Revolutionary Wars
• Creation
1 October 1795
• Treaty of Paris, disestablished
30 May 1814
Area
1812[1]3,766 km2 (1,454 sq mi)
Population
• 1812[1]
472,366
Preceded by		Succeeded by
County of Hainault
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Province of Hainault
Today part of

The Chef-lieu of the department was Mons. The department was subdivided into the following three arrondissements and cantons:

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department was dissolved and later it became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as the province of Hainaut.

Map of the former Jemmape department

Administration

Prefects

The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.

Term start Term end Office holder
2 March 1800[3]1 February 1805Jean-Baptiste Étienne Garnier
1 February 1805[4]7 August 1810Patrice Charles Gislain De Coninck
7 August 1810[5]8 February 1812Jean-Baptiste Maximilien Villot de Fréville
8 February 1812[6]9 March 1812Benoît Joseph Holvoet
9 March 1812[7]30 May 1814Pierre-Clément de Laussat

Secretaries-General

The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.

Term start Term end Office holder
2 March 180030 May 1814Robert La Vallée

Subprefects of Charleroi
Term start Term end Office holder
26 April 1800[8]30 May 1814Stanislas Joseph Troye

Subprefects of Mons

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

Term start Term end Office holder
14 January 1811[8]11 April 1811Philibert François Jean Baptiste Joseph Vander Haegen de Mussain
11 April 1811[8]30 May 1814Defraye de Schiplaecken

Subprefects of Tournai
Term start Term end Office holder
25 April 1800[8]3 February 1804François Magloire Joseph Goblet
3 February 1804[8]30 May 1814Nicolas Lahure

References
  1. Almanach Impérial. Imprimerie de Sa Majesté. 1812. pp. 415–416.
  2. Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1835). Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état, t. 8. p. 300.
  3. Archives Nationales. "GARNIER, Jean-Baptiste Étienne". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. Archives Nationales. "DE CONINCK DIT CONINCK-OUTRIVE, Patrice Charles Gislain". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  5. Archives Nationales. "VILLOT DE FRÉVILLE, Jean-Baptiste Maximilien". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  6. Archives Nationales. "HOLVOET, Benoît Joseph". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  7. Archives Nationales. "DE LAUSSAT, Pierre Clément". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  8. Tulard, Jean & Marie-José (2014). Napoléon et 40 millions de sujets: La centralisation et le premier empire. p. 308. ISBN 9791021001480.
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