Bouches-de-la-Meuse

Bouches-de-la-Meuse (French: [buʃ.də.la.møz], "Mouths of the Meuse"; Walloon: Bokes do Moûze, Dutch: Monden van de Maas) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.

It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France.

Its territory corresponded more or less with the present-day Dutch province of South Holland.

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1813):[1] Its population in 1812 was 393,600, and its area was 378,282 hectares.

[1] After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.