Bouches-du-Rhin

Bouches-du-Rhin (French: [buʃ.dy.ʁɛ̃]; "Mouths of the Rhine", Dutch: Monden van de Rijn) 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 with the eastern half of the present-day Dutch province of North Brabant and a part of the province of Gelderland.

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):[1] Its population in 1812 was 257,580.

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