- Zuyderzée
Zuyderzée is the name of a département of the
First French Empire in the presentNetherlands . It is named after theZuider Zee sea inlet. It was formed in1810 , when theKingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponds more or less with the present Dutch provincesNorth Holland and Utrecht. Its capital wasAmsterdam . The département was subdivided into the followingarrondissement s and cantons:*
Amsterdam , cantons:Amsterdam ,Baambrugge ,Kudelstaart ,Loenen ,Naarden , Nieuwer-Amstel,Oud-Loosdrecht ,Watergraafsmeer andWeesp .
*Alkmaar , cantons:Alkmaar ,De Rijp ,Schagen ,Texel ,Wieringen andZijpe .
*Amersfoort , cantons:Amersfoort ,Rhenen andWijk bij Duurstede .
*Haarlem , cantons:Beverwijk ,Bloemendaal ,Haarlem ,Heemstede ,Oostzaan ,Westzaan andZaandam .
*Hoorn , cantons: Edam,Enkhuizen ,Grootebroek ,Hoorn ,Medemblik ,Monnickendam andPurmerend .
* Utrecht, cantons:IJsselstein ,Maarssen ,Mijdrecht ,Schoonhoven , Utrecht andWoerden .After
Napoleon was defeated in1814 , the département became part of theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands .
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