Editing Apennins

{{Short description|Department of the First French Empire (1805-1815)}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
| native_name            = ''Département des Apennins<br/>''
| conventional_long_name = Department of the Appenins
| common_name            = Apennins
| subdivision            = department
| nation                 = [[First French Empire|the First French Empire]]
| year_start             = 1805
| event_start            = Annexation of the [[Ligurian Republic]]
| date_start             = 4 June
| event1                 = 
| date_event1            = 
| event2                 = 
| year_event2            = 
| event3                 = 
| date_event3            = 
| year_end               = 1815
| event_end              = Congress of Vienna
| date_end               = 
| event_pre              = 
| date_pre               = 
| p1                     = Ligurian Republic
| flag_p1                = Flag of Genoa.svg
| s1                     = Kingdom of Sardinia
| flag_s1                = Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia.svg
| image_flag             = 
| image_coat             = 
| image_map              = Apennins departement (1812).svg
| image_map_caption      = Location of Apennins in France (1812)
| capital                = [[Chiavari]]
| political_subdiv       = 3 [[arrondissement]]s<ref name=Gallica/>
| stat_year1             = 1812<ref name=Gallica/>
| stat_area1             = 4160
| stat_pop1              = 213465
| today                  = [[Italy]]
| border_s2              = no
| border_s1              = no
| border_p1              = no
}}

'''Apennins''' ({{IPA|fr|a.pɛ.nɛ̃|lang}}) was a [[Departments of France|department]] of the [[First French Empire]] of 1805-1814 in present-day [[Italy]]. Named after the [[Apennine Mountains]], it originated on 6 June 1805, after France had directly annexed the [[Ligurian Republic]] (formerly the [[Republic of Genoa]]) on 4 June 1805. Its capital was [[Chiavari]].

Disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, the [[Congress of Vienna]] awarded the old territory of Genoa to the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]] (December 1814). The area of the former département forms parts of the Italian provinces of [[Province of Genoa|Genoa]], [[Province of La Spezia|La Spezia]], [[Province of Massa-Carrara|Massa-Carrara]] and [[Province of Parma|Parma]].

==Subdivisions==
[[file:Blason ville fr Chiavari-Empire.svg|thumb|100px|Coat of arms of [[Chiavari]] under the French Empire]]
The department was subdivided into the following [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]] and [[Cantons_of_France|cantons]] (situation in 1812):<ref name=Gallica>[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f365.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII], p. 368-369, accessed in [[Gallica]] 24 July 2013 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

* [[Chiavari]], cantons: [[Chiavari]], [[Borzonasca]], [[Lavagna]], [[Moconesi]], [[Rapallo]], [[Santo Stefano d'Aveto]], [[Sestri Levante]] and [[Varese Ligure]].
* [[Pontremoli]], cantons: [[Pontremoli]], [[Bagnone]], [[Berceto]], [[Borgo Val di Taro]], [[Compiano]], [[Filattiera]], [[Mulazzo|Groppoli]] and [[Terrarossa]].
* [[Sarzana]], cantons: [[Sarzana]], [[Albiano]], [[Calice al Cornoviglio]], [[Fivizzano]], [[Sesta Godano]], [[La Spezia]], [[Lerici]], [[Levanto, Liguria|Levanto]] and [[Vezzano Ligure]].

Its population in 1812 was 213,465, and its area was 416,000 hectares.<ref name=Gallica/>

==References==
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{{Annexed departments of the First French Empire}}
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[[Category:Former departments of France in Italy]]
[[Category:1805 establishments in the First French Empire]]