Sambre-et-Meuse

 ( Former Departments Of France In Belgium ) 

Sambre-et-Meuse () was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the rivers Sambre and Meuse. It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic. Prior to this annexation, the territory included in the department had lain in the County of Namur, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchies of Brabant and Luxembourg.

The Chef-lieu of the department was Namur. The department was subdivided into the following four and cantons:

• Namur: Andenne, Dhuy, Fosses-la-Ville, Gembloux and Namur (2 cantons).
• Dinant: Beauraing, Ciney, Dinant, Florennes and Walcourt.
• Marche: Durbuy, Érezée, Havelange, La Roche, Marche and Rochefort.
• Saint-Hubert: Gedinne, Nassogne, Saint-Hubert and Wellin.

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department was dissolved and later became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its territory is now divided between the Belgian provinces of Namur and Luxembourg.

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Administration

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Prefects The Prefect was the highest state representative in the department.

Emmanuel Pérès de la Gesse

Jean Paul Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemon

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Secretaries-General The Secretary-General was the deputy to the Prefect.

Corneille Joseph Bauchau

L.A. Fallon

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Subprefects of Dinant

Louis Joseph Delevingne

Claude François Prudhomme

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Subprefects of Marche

Dewal

Jacques François Joseph Briart

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Subprefects of Namur The office of Subprefect of Namur was held by the Prefect until 1811.

Edouard Auxy

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Subprefects of Saint-Hubert

Louis Dieudonné Joseph Dewez

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