- Bouches-de-l'Yssel
Bouches-de-l'Yssel ( _nl. Monden van de IJssel) is the name of a département of the
First French Empire in the presentNetherlands . It is named after the mouth of the riverIJssel . It was formed in1810 , when theKingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponds with the present Dutch provinceOverijssel . Its capital wasZwolle . The département was subdivided into the followingarrondissement s and cantons:*
Zwolle , cantons: Hasselt, Kampen,Steenwijk ,Vollenhove andZwolle .
*Almelo , cantons:Almelo ,Delden ,Enschede ,Goor ,Oldenzaal andOotmarsum .
*Deventer , cantons:Deventer ,Hardenberg ,Ommen andRaalte . After Napoleon was defeated in1814 , the département became part of theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands .
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