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Rhin-et-Moselle

Rhin-et-Moselle
Rhin-et-Moselle
Department of First French Empire

 

 

1798–1814
Location of Rhin-et-Moselle
Map of the Rhin-et-Moselle department
Capital Koblenz
History
 •  Established 1798
 •  Disestablished 1814
Area
 •  1812 5,884.19 km2(2,272 sq mi)
Population
 •  1812 269,700 
Density 45.8 /km2  (118.7 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions Koblenz
Bonn
Simmern
Today part of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhin-et-Moselle (German: Rhein-und-Mosel) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was named after the rivers Rhine and Moselle. It was formed in 1798, when the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France. Until the French occupation, its territory was divided between the Archbishopric of Cologne, the Archbishopric of Trier, and the Electorate of the Palatinate. Its territory is now part of the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its capital was Koblenz.

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

Its population in 1812 was 269,700, and its area was 588,419 hectares.

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of Prussia.

Coordinates: 50°21′00″N 7°35′00″E / 50.35°N 7.58333°E / 50.35; 7.58333


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