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Ems-Occidental
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thumb|Location of Ems-Occidental in France (1812) right|thumb|Ems-Occidental within the northern French Empire (1811) Ems-Occidental (; ; ; all ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands and Germany. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded more or less with the present Dutch provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. Its capital was Groningen. The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):
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- Instance of
- department of France
- Named after
- Ems
- Official name
- Ems-Occidental
- Country
- France
- Capital
- Groningen
- Shares border with
- Lippe
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- inception
- 1811-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1814-05-30
- Commons category
- Ems-Occidental
- exact match
- www.gemeentegeschiedenis.nl/departement/We
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thumb|Location of Ems-Occidental in France (1812) right|thumb|Ems-Occidental within the northern French Empire (1811) Ems-Occidental (; ; ; all ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands and Germany. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded more or less with the present Dutch provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. Its capital was Groningen. The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812): Groningen, cantons: Groningen (2 cantons), Hoogezand, Leek and Zuidhorn. Appingedam, cantons: Appingedam, Loppersum, Middelstum and Winsum. Assen, cantons: Assen, Dalen, Hoogeveen and Meppel. Winschoten, cantons: Jemgum, Wedde, Weener and Winschoten.
Its population in 1812 was 191,100.
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