306 Defcription of all the Departments of the French Republic. [Dec. 1, 
For the Monthly Megazine. 
DESCRIPTION of al/ the DEPARTMENTS 
_of ihe FRENCH REPUBLIC, including 
thofe in the CONQUERED COUNTRIES. 
(Continued from Page 494, of Vol. X1.) 
Department of La Creufe. 
HIS department is one of the three 
4 formed of La Marche, Le Doran, 
and the Upper and Lower Limofin. Jt-is 
bounded on the north by the departments 
of Allier, Cher, and Indre; on the eaft, 
by thofe of Allier and Puy de Dome; on 
the fouth, by thole of Correze and Vienne ; 
and onthe weft, by that of Upper Vienne. 
Tts fuperficies is about 1,135,332 fquare 
acres, or 5794.55 heétares ; its population 
about 225,373 individuals. It is divided 
into four communal diftriéts. : 
Department of Dordogne.—This depart 
ment is one of thofe formed of the c- devant 
Perigord. It is bounded on the north by 
the departments of Upper Vienne and 
harente ; on the eaft, by thofe of Cor- 
reze and Lot; on the fouth, by thofe of 
Lot, Lot and Garonne, and Gironde; and 
on the weft, by thofe of Gironde, Lower 
Charente, and Charente. Its fuperficies 
js about 1,759,997 fquare acres, or 
$o98.274 hectares ; its population confifts 
of about 441,380 individuals. It is di- 
vided into five communal diftricts. 
Depariment of Doubs.—This depart- 
ment makes a part’of Franche Comté, 
which comprizes three. It is bounded on 
the north by the departments of Upper 
Rhine and Upper Saone; on the eaft and_ 
fouth, by Switzerland; and on the weft, 
by the department of Jura, and a part of 
that of Upper Saone. Its fuperficies is 
about 1,040,381 fquare acres, Or 530,993 
heétares ; its popwation is about 216,878 
individuals. It is divided into four com- 
munal diftricts, ; 
Department of Drome.—This depart- 
ment is one of the three formed of Dau- 
phiné. It is bounded on the north by 
the department of Ifere; on fhe eaft, by 
theSaine and that of Upper Alps; on the 
fouth, by the departments of Lower Alps 
and Vauclufe ; and on the weft, by that of 
Ardeche, which is feparated from it 
throughout its whole length by the Rhone. 
Its fuperficies is about 1,324,327 fquare, 
acres, or 675.915 heétares ; its population 
is about 232,619 individuals. It is di- 
vided into four communal diffriéts. 
Department of the Dyle—This depart- 
ment is one of the nine formed of part of 
Hainault, and of the ci-devant Auftrnian 
‘the weit, by Calvados. 
Flanders, Brabant, country of Liege, &c. 
‘It is bounded -on the north by the depart= 
ment of Lower Meule, the Two Nethes, 
and that of the Scheldt; on the eait, by 
thofe of the two Nethes and Ourthe; on 
the fouth, by this laft, thofe of Sambre and 
Meule, and Jemappes; and on the weft, 
_by thofe of Jemappes and .the Scheldt. 
Its fuperficies is about 671,756 fquare 
acres, or 342,348 hectares ; its population 
is about 396,789 individuals. 
vided into three communal ditriéts. 
Department of ibe Scheldt. —This depart- 
ment is one of the nine formed of Hai- 
nault, and the ¢z-devant Auftrian Flan- 
ders, Brabant, country of Liege. It is 
bounded on the north by the German 
Ocean and the Batavian Republic ; on the 
eaft, by the department of the Two Nethes 
and that of the Dyle; on the fouth, by 
It is dis 
this Ja(t and thofe of Jemappes and of Lys, | 
which laft likewife bounds it on the weft. 
Its fuperficies is about 565,986 fquare 
acres, or 283,870 heétares ; its population 
is about 578,550 individuals. 
vided into four communal difiriéts. 
Department of Eure.—This is one of 
the five departments formed of Normandy 
and the northern part of Perche. It is 
bounded on the north by the department 
of Lower Seine; on the eaft, by that of 
the Seine and Oife; on the fouth, by thofe 
cof Eure and Loir and of Sarthe; and on 
Its fuperficies is 
about 1,221,206 {quare acres, or 623,233 
hectares ; its population is about 405,705 
individuals. It is divided into five com- 
munal diftri€ts. . abe 
Department of Eure and Loir.—This 
department is formed of the ci devant 
country of Chartrain. It is bounded on 
the north by the departments of Seine and 
Oife and of Eure; on the eaft, by thofe of 
Seine afd Oife and Loiret ; on the fouth, 
by this laf, and thofe of Loir and Cher 
and of Sarthe: and, laftly, on the weft, by 
thofe of Orne and of Eure. Its fuperficies 
is about 
607,975 hectares ; its population is about 
257,986 individuals. It is divided into 
four communal diftri@s. 
Department of Finifterre-—This is one 
of the five departments formed of Brit- 
tany. It is bounded on the north by the 
ocean ; on the eaft, by the departments of 
the Coafts of the North and of Morbihan ; 
and on the fouth ard weft, by the ocean. 
Its fuperficies is about 1,358,554 fquare 
acres, or 693,384 hectares; its popula- 
tion is about 442,782 individuals. It is 
divided into five communal diftriéts. 
i Department 
It is di-— 
1,191,904 fquare acres, or 
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