Méditerranée (department)
| Département de la Méditerranée | |||||||||||
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| department of the First French Empire | |||||||||||
| 1808–1814 | |||||||||||
Location of Méditerranée in France (1812) | |||||||||||
| Capital | Livorno | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 43°33′N 10°19′E / 43.550°N 10.317°E | ||||||||||
• 1812 | 4,910 km2 (1,900 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1812 | 318,725 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Annexation from the Kingdom of Etruria | 25 May 1808 | ||||||||||
| 1814 | |||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 4 arrondissements | ||||||||||
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Méditerranée (French: [me.di.tɛ.ʁa.ne]) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the Mediterranean Sea. It was formed in 1808, when the Kingdom of Etruria (formerly the Grand Duchy of Tuscany) was annexed directly to France. Its capital was Livorno.
The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was restored to its previous Habsburg-Lorraine prince, Ferdinand III. Its territory is now divided between the Italian provinces of Livorno, Pisa, Florence and Siena.