492 Defcription of all the Departments of the French Republic. | [July 15 
tion is about 283,700 individuals; it is 
divided into four communal diftrifis.. 
Department of ithe Aifne.—One of the 
fix formed of the ci-devant Soiffonnois, 
le Beauvoifig, and le Vexin Frangois. It 
is bounded on the north by the department 
of the North; on the eaft, by'that of the 
Ardennes, and part of that of Marne; on 
the fouth, by a part of the department of 
Marne, and the department of Seine and 
Marne 3 and on the weft, by the depart- 
Mients of the Oife and Somme. Its extent 
is about 1,467,881 f{quare acres, or 
749,183 hefiares; its population about 
408,172 individuals; it is divided into 
five communal diftrits. 
Department of Allier.—This department 
3s formed of the Bourbonnois. It is 
bounded onthe north, by the departments 
of Saone and Loire, Nievre, and Cher ; 
on the eaft, by thofe of Saone and Loire, . 
and the Loire; on the! fouth, by thofe of 
the Loire, Puy de Dome, and Creufe ; 
on.the welt, by thofe of Creufe and Cher: 
its fuperficies is about 1,454,341 {quare 
acres, or 742,272 heétares ; population 
‘about 266,105 individuals; it is divided 
into four communal diftricts. 
Department of Lower Alps.—This de- 
partment is one of the four compofed out 
of the ci-devant. Provence. It is bound- 
ed on the north, by the department of the 
Upver Alps; on the eaft, by Piedmont, 
and the department of the Maritime Alps; 
on the fouth, by the department of the 
Var, and the north-eaft extremity of that 
of the mouths of the Rhone; and on the 
welt, by the departments of Vauclufe and 
the Drome: its fuperficies is about 
1,459,699 fquare acres, or 745,007 hec- 
tares; population 144,436 individuals ; 
it is divided into five communal diftriéts. 
Department of the Upper Alps.—This 
department makes a part of Dauphiné, 
which contains three. It is bounded on 
the north by the departments of Mont 
Blanc and Ifeve 3 on the eat, by Pied- 
mont; on the fouth, by the department of 
the Lower Alps; on the welt, by that of 
the Drome, and part of that of Ifere: its 
fuperficies is about 1,084,614 {quare acres, 
or 553,569 hectares; population 116,754 
individuals ; it is divided into three com- 
muna) diftrids. ; 
Department of the Maritime Alps.—This 
department is formed of the county of 
Nice. It is bounded on the north by the 
Appennines, and the department of the 
Lower Alps; onthe eaft, oy the Republic 
of Genoa ; ‘on the fouth, by the Mediter- 
ranean; and on the weft, by the depart- 
ments of the Var and Lower Alps; its 
fuperficies is about 632,619 fquare acres, 
or 322,674 hectares ; population 93,366 
fouls ; itis divided into three communal 
diftridts. . Rtas 
Department of the Ardeche.—This de- 
partment derives its name from a river of 
the Vivarais, which rifes near Vals, and 
difcharges itfelf into the Rhone, near Pone 
St. Efprit. This department is cne of 
the feven formed of Languedoc, Cominges, 
Nebouzan, and riviere Verdun: It is 
bounded on the north by the departments — 
-of the Drome, Ifere, and Lower and Upper 
Loire ;. on the eaft, by that of the Dromes 
which is feparated from it, from one ex- 
fremity to the other, by the Rhone; on 
the fouth, by the department of Gard; 
and on the weft, by the departments of 
Loyere and Upper Loire: its fuperficies is 
about 1,077,929 [quare acres, or 550,004 
hectares ; population 273,255 individuals; 
it is divided into three communal dif- 
tricts. a . 
Department of the Ardennes.—This de- 
partment is one of the four compofed of 
the ci-devant Champagne, Charleville, Se- - 
dan, Carignan or Mouton, Philippeville, 
Marienbourg, Givet, and Charlemont, It 
is bounded on the north by the depart- 
ments of Sambre and Meufe, and of fe- 
mappe; on the eaft, by thofe of Sambre 
and Meule, of the Forelis and of the Meufe; 
on the fouth, by thofe of the Meufe, the 
Marne, and the Aifne; and onthe weft, by 
thofe of the Aifne and of Jemappes: its 
fuperficies is abdout 1,029,189 fquare 
acres, Or 525,281 heftares; population 
253,902 /ouls ; it is divided into five com- 
munal diftriéts. ee, 
Deparimént of the Arricge—This de- 
partment is formed of the territory called 
Couzerans, and the Pays de Foix. Itis 
bounded on the north by the departments 
of Upper Garonne and of Aude; ‘on the 
eait, by the departments of Aude, and the 
Eaftern Pyrennees; on the fouth, by the. 
department of the Eaftern Pyrennees, and,’ 
the Pyrennees ; on the weft, by the depart - 
ment of Upper Garonne: its fuperficics is 
about 15037,533 {quare acres; or 529,540 
heétares; its population about- 194,838 
individuals ; it is divided into three com=. 
munai diftrifts. tone ca 
Department of the Aube.—This depart-. ° 
ment is one of the four compofed of 
Champagne, &c, It is bounded on the . 
north by the departments of Upper Marne, 
Marne and Seine, and Marne ; on the eaft,, 
by that of Upper Marne; on the fouth, 
by thofe of Coté d’Or and the Yonne; and 
on the weft, by this laft and that of Seine 
and Marne; its fuperficies is about 
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