It was formed in 1801, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainland portion of the Kingdom of Sardinia) was planned to be annexed to France.

At the Congress of Vienna, the Savoyard King of Sardinia was restored in all its previous realms and domains, including Piedmont.

[1] The Geographical Dictionary portable 1809 summarized the Department of Stura: "Climate rough, hilly ground, stony, produces abundant fruit, nuts, mulberry, chestnut woods, pastures, some cattle, many horses, mules excellent, mines gold and silver, marble quarries, gold flakes in the rivers, mineral waters.

Its inhabitants are simple, aggressive, small, agile, excellent foot: soft and laboring women.

Great trade for Lyon silk, fruit, truffles, fodder, livestock, dairy, marble, limestone, few factories and mills."