Ligurian Republic

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Repubblica Ligure"
conventional_long_name = Ligurian Republic
common_name = Liguria
continent = Europe
region = Italy
country = Italy
status = Client state
empire = France
status_text = Client state of French First Republic
era = Napoleonic Wars|
event_start = Invaded by France
year_start = 1797
date_start = June 14 1797
year_end = 1805
date_end = June 1805
event_end = Annexed by France|
p1 = Republic of Genoa
flag_p1 = Flag of Genoa.svg
s1 = Apennins
flag_s1 = Flag of France.svg|

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image_map_caption = The Italian peninsula in 1796|
capital = Genoa
government_type = Republic
common_languages = Italian

The Ligurian Republic ( _it. Repubblica Ligure) was a short-lived French client republic formed by Napoleon on June 14, 1797. It consisted of the territory of the old Republic of Genoa which covered most of the Ligurian region of Northwest Italy. In June 1805, the area was directly annexed by France as the département of the Apennins.

After the fall of Napoleon in 1814 the republic was briefly restored between April 28 and July 28. Following the Congress of Vienna it was awarded to the Kingdom of Sardinia, and annexed on January 3, 1815. The Ligurian Republic used the traditional Genoese flag, a red cross on a white background.

See also

*Historical states of Italy