Native Name: | Département de la Stura |
Common Name: | Stura |
Subdivision: | Department |
Nation: | the First French Republic and of the First French Empire |
Year Start: | 1801 |
Event Start: | Decree of 24 Fructidor, year X[1] |
Date Start: | 11 September |
Year End: | 1814 |
Event End: | Treaty of Fontainebleau |
Date End: | 11 April |
P1: | Subalpine Republic |
Flag P1: | Flag of the Repubblic of Alba.svg |
S1: | Division of Cuneo |
Flag S1: | Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia.svg |
Image Map Caption: | Administrative map of the Italian portion of the French Empire. |
Capital: | Cuneo |
Political Subdiv: | 5 Arrondissements |
Stat Year1: | 1812 |
Stat Area1: | 8572.16 |
Stat Pop1: | 431438 |
Stura (in French sty.ʁa/) was a department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the river Stura di Demonte. It was formed in 1801, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainland portion of the Kingdom of Sardinia) was planned to be annexed to France. Its capital was Cuneo.
The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the Savoyard King of Sardinia was restored in all its previous realms and domains, including Piedmont. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the present-day Italian province of Cuneo.
The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):[2]
Its population in 1812 was 431,438, and its area was approximately 857,216 hectares.[2]
The Geographical Dictionary portable 1809 summarized the Department of Stura: