Rome (department) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Département de Rome
department of the First French Empire
← 1809–1814 →
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Administrative map of the Italian portion of the French Empire.
Capital city		Rome
History
-	Annexion from the Papal States	17 May 1809
-	Name changed from Tibre to Rome	17 February 1810
-	Treaty of Paris	1814
Area
-	1812	3,676.6 km2 (1,420 sq mi)
Population
-	1812	586,000
	Density	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",". /km2  (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",". /sq mi)
Political subdivisions		6 Arrondissements

Rome [ʁɔm] was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the city of Rome. It was formed on 17 May 1809, when the Papal States were annexed by France, and was first known as the Département du Tibre (after the Tiber river) before being renamed on 17 February 1810. Following the conquest of the Eternal City, Napoleon granted to his son Napoleon II the title of the King of Rome.

The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the Papal States were restored to Pius VII. Its territory corresponds approximately to the modern Italian region of Lazio.

Subdivisions

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):

• Rome; cantons: Bracciano, Civitavecchia, Frascati, Marino, Morlupo and Rome (9 cantons).
• Frosinone; cantons: Alatri, Anagni, Ceccano, Ceprano, Ferentino, Filettino, Frosinone, Guarcino, Monte San Giovanni, Prossedi, Ripi, Supino, Vallecorsa and Veroli.
• Rieti; cantons: Canemorto, Castelvecchio, Magliano, Monteleone, Narni, Poggio Mirteto, Rieti, Stroncone and Torri.
• Tivoli; cantons: Anticoli, Monterotondo, Olevano, Palestrina, Palombara, Subiaco, Tivoli, Vicovaro.
• Velletri; cantons: Albano, Cori, Genzano, Paliano, Piperno, Segni, Sermoneta, Sezze, Terracina, Valmontone and Velletri.
• Viterbo; cantons: Bagnorea, Canino, Caprarola, Civita Castellana, Corneto, Montefiascone, Orte, Ronciglione, Sant'Oreste, Soriano, Toscanella, Valentano, Vetralla, Vignanello and Viterbo.