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| Département du Tanaro | |||||||||
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| department of French First Republic | |||||||||
| 1801–1805 | |||||||||
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 Administrative map of the Italian portion of the French Empire following the partition of the department. | |||||||||
| Capital | Asti | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 44°54′N 8°12′E / 44.900°N 8.200°E | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1805[1] | 310459 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 11 September 1801 | |||||||||
• Disbanded | 6 June 1805 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 3 arrondissements[1] | ||||||||
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Tanaro [ta.na.ʁo] was a short-lived department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the river Tanaro. It was formed in 1801, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainland portion of the Kingdom of Sardinia) was intended to be annexed to France. Its capital was Asti, though Alessandria was the original intended capital.
The department was disbanded in 1805, when the French conquered the Ligurian Republic, and its territory was divided over the departments of Marengo, Montenotte and Stura.
