Rhin-et-Moselle (German: Rhein-und-Mosel) is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Germany. It is named after the rivers Rhine and Moselle. It was formed in 1798, when the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France. Until the French occupation, its territory was divided between the Archbishopric of Cologne, the Archbishopric of Trier, and the Electoral Palatinate. Its territory is part of the present German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its capital was Coblenz. The département was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons:
- Coblenz, cantons: Coblenz, Andernach, Boppard, Cochem, Kaisersesch, Lutzerath, Mayen, Münstermaifeld, Polch, Rübenach, Treis and Zell (Mosel).
- Bonn, cantons: Bonn (2 cantons), Adenau, Ahrweiler, Remagen, Rheinbach, Virneburg and Wehr.
- Simmern, cantons: Simmern, Bacharach, Kastellaun, Kirchberg (Hunsrück), Kirn, Bad Kreuznach, Sankt Goar, Bad Sobernheim, Stromberg and Trarbach.
After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the département became part of Prussia.
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44 départements (now parts of Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain) created from annexed territories |
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Coordinates: 50°21′00″N 7°35′00″E / 50.35°N 7.58333°E / 50.35; 7.58333
