Ems-Supérieur

Ems-Supérieur (French: [ɛms sy.pe.ʁjœʁ], "Upper Ems"; German: Ober-Ems) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany.

It was formed in 1811, when the region was annexed by France.

Its territory was part of the present-day German lands Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):[1] Its population in 1812 was 415,018.

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