Rhin-et-Moselle

Rhin-et-Moselle Rhin-et-Moselle
Department of First French Empire
1798–1814
Map of the Rhin-et-Moselle department
Capital	Koblenz
Area
• 1812	5,884.19 km2 (2,271.90 sq mi)
Population
• 1812	269,700
History
• Established	1798
• Disestablished	1814
Political subdivisions	Koblenz Bonn Simmern
Preceded by Succeeded by Electorate of Cologne Electorate of Trier County Palatine of the Rhine Großherzogtum Niederrhein
Today part of	North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhin-et-Moselle ([ʁɛn.e.mɔzɛl]; German: Rhein-und-Mosel) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was 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 Electorate of the Palatinate. Its territory is now part of the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its capital was Koblenz.

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):

• Koblenz, cantons: Koblenz, Andernach, Boppard, Cochem, Kaisersesch, Lutzerath, Mayen, Münstermaifeld, Polch, Rübenach, Treis and Zell.
• Bonn, cantons: Bonn (2 cantons), Adenau, Ahrweiler, Remagen, Rheinbach, Ulmen, Virneburg and Wehr.
• Simmern, cantons: Simmern, Bacharach, Kastellaun, Kirchberg, Kirn, Kreuznach, Sankt Goar, Sobernheim, Stromberg and Trarbach.

Its population in 1812 was 269,700, and its area was 588,419 hectares.

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of Prussia.