Editing Ems-Occidental

[[File:Ems-Occidental departement (1812).svg|thumb|Location of Ems-Occidental in France (1812)]]
[[File:Departments of French Empire EmsOcc 1811.svg|right|thumb|Ems-Occidental within the northern French Empire (1811)]]
'''Ems-Occidental''' ({{IPA|fr|ɛms ɔk.si.dɑ̃.tal|lang}}, "Western [[Ems (river)|Ems]]; {{Langx|nl|Wester Eems}}, {{Langx|de|West-Ems}}) was a [[departments of France|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 (province)|Groningen]] and [[Drenthe]]. Its capital was [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]. The department was subdivided into the following [[arrondissement]]s and [[canton (administrative division)|cantons]] (situation in 1812):<ref name=Gallica>[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f393.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII], p. 397-398, accessed in [[Gallica]] 24 July 2013 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

* [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]], cantons: [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]] (2 cantons), [[Hoogezand]], [[Leek, Netherlands|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.<ref name=Gallica/> 

After [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]], except the canton of [[Jemgum]] and most of [[Weener]], which became part of the [[Kingdom of Hanover]] (presently part of [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]).

==References==
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{{Annexed departments of the First French Empire}}

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[[Category:Former departments of France in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Former departments of France in Germany]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 1810]]
[[Category:1810 establishments in the First French Empire]]
[[Category:History of Drenthe]]
[[Category:History of Groningen (province)]]