Arrondissement of Leiden
The Arrondissement Leiden ( German also District Leiden ; French Arrondissement de Leide ; Arrondissement de Leyde ) was an administrative unit on the territory of the present day belonging to the French state from 1811 to 1813 to the Département des Bouches de la Meuse ( German department of the mouths of the Meuse ) Netherlands .
history
In July 1810, the since 1806 under the government of was Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte standing Kingdom of Holland was annexed and the French Empire assigned. On January 1, 1811, the area of today's Netherlands was adapted to the structure of the French administrative system. The department of the mouths of the Meuse was divided into five arrondissements ( sub-prefectures ).
After the defeat of Napoleon , the area of what is now the Netherlands came into the possession of William of Orange-Nassau in December 1813 and became the new Kingdom of the Netherlands after the Congress of Vienna (June 1815) . In August 1815 this was divided into provinces, from the department of the mouths of the Meuse emerged today's province of South Holland . The administrative structure was essentially retained. The departments were renamed into districts or districts and further divided into cantons.
structure
The Arrondissement of Leiden was divided into five cantons, which were also district courts of justice , and 18 municipalities. Population as of 1813:
| Canton | Communities |
|---|---|
| Leiden (31,794) | Leiden (3 cantons; 29,116), Leiderdorp (1,025), Zoeterwoude (1,653) |
| Noordwijk (9,439) | Hillegom (1.204), Lisse (1.137), Noordwijk (2.552), Noordwijkerhout (708), Rijnsburg (1.143), Oegstgeest and Poelgeest (853), Sassenheim (1.020), Warmond (822) |
| Woubrugge (10,390) | Aarlanderveen (2,222), Alkemade (2,689), Koudekerk (1,036), Oudshoorn (1,279), Rijnsaterwoude (528), Ter Aar (1,492), Woubrugge (1,144) |
After the reorganization of the Netherlands into provinces and districts, the district of Leyden or district of Leiden emerged from the arrondissement , which was divided into the same cantons.
Individual evidence
- ^ Albrecht Friedrich Ludolph Lasius : The French Kayser State under the government of the Kayser Napoleon the Great in 1812 . A Geographical-Historical Manual, First Department, Osnabrück: Johann Gottfried Kißling, 1813, p. 73 ( Google Books )
- ^ A b Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann : Germany and its residents , Volume 3, Stuttgart, 1835, p. 89 ( Google Books )
- ^ Jean Allart: Annuaire du Département des Bouches de la Meuse , 1813, p. 201 ( Goole Books )
