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	'''Bouches-du-Rhin''' ({{IPA\|fr\|buʃ.dy.ʁɛ̃\|lang}}; "Mouths of the [[Rhine]]", {{Langx\|nl\|Monden van de Rijn}}) was a [[departments of France\|department]] of the [[First French Empire]] in the present-day [[Netherlands]]. It was named after the mouth of the river [[Rhine]]. It was formed in 1810, when the [[Kingdom of Holland]] was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with the eastern half of the present-day Dutch province of [[North Brabant]] and a part of the province of [[Gelderland]]. Its capital was [['s-Hertogenbosch]].		'''Bouches-du-Rhin''' ({{IPA\|fr\|buʃ.dy.ʁɛ̃\|lang}}; "Mouths of the [[Rhine]]", {{Langx\|nl\|Monden van de Rijn}}) was a [[departments of France\|department]] of the [[First French Empire]] in the present-day [[Netherlands]]. It was named after the mouth of the river [[Rhine]]. It was formed in 1810, when the [[Kingdom of Holland]] was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with the eastern half of the present-day Dutch province of [[North Brabant]] and a part of the province of [[Gelderland]]. Its capital was [['s-Hertogenbosch]].

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[[File:Bouches-du-Rhin departement (1812).svg|thumb|Location of Bouches-du-Rhin in France (1812)]]
'''Bouches-du-Rhin''' ({{IPA|fr|buʃ.dy.ʁɛ̃|lang}}; "Mouths of the [[Rhine]]", {{Langx|nl|Monden van de Rijn}}) was a [[departments of France|department]] of the [[First French Empire]] in the present-day [[Netherlands]]. It was named after the mouth of the river [[Rhine]]. It was formed in 1810, when the [[Kingdom of Holland]] was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with the eastern half of the present-day Dutch province of [[North Brabant]] and a part of the province of [[Gelderland]]. Its capital was [['s-Hertogenbosch]].

The department was subdivided into the following [[arrondissement]]s and [[canton (administrative division)|cantons]] (situation in 1812):<ref name=Gallica>[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f375.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII], p. 379-380, accessed in [[Gallica]] 24 July 2013 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

* [['s-Hertogenbosch]], cantons: [['s-Hertogenbosch]], [[Boxtel]], [[Heusden]], [[Oisterwijk]], [[Oss]], [[Tilburg]], [[Waalwijk]] and [[Zaltbommel]].
* [[Eindhoven]], cantons: [[Asten, Netherlands|Asten]], [[Eindhoven]], [[Gemert]], [[Helmond]], [[Hilvarenbeek]], [[Oirschot]] and [[Sint-Oedenrode]].
* [[Nijmegen]], cantons: [[Boxmeer]], [[Druten]], [[Grave, Netherlands|Grave]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Ravenstein, Netherlands|Ravenstein]] and [[Wijchen]].

Its population in 1812 was 257,580.<ref name=Gallica/>

After [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]].

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