terms of the Treaty of Turin, Savoy was reintegrated into France as part of a deal between the leaders of the French government and the Piedmontese government, this being the price of French support for the unification of Italy under Piedmontese leadership. However, the department of Mont-Blanc was not reinstated. Instead, the territory that it had formerly covered was divided between the newly created departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie (partly). Administration The capital of the department of Mont-Blanc was Chambéry. The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812): Chambéry, cantons: Aix, La Biolle, Chambéry (2 cantons), Le Châtelard, Les Échelles, L'Hôpital, Montmélian, Novalaise, Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, La Rochette, Ruffieux, Saint-Genix, Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny and Yenne. Annecy, cantons: Annecy (2 cantons), Faverges, Rumilly and Thônes. Moûtiers, cantons: Beaufort, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Conflans and Moûtiers (2 cantons). Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, cantons: Aiguebelle, La Chambre, Lanslebourg, Modane, Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (2 cantons) and Saint-Michel. Its population in 1812 was 300,239, and its area was 640,427 hectares. See also The 130 départements of the Napoleonic Empire Former departments of France References Former departments of France in France States and territories established in 1792 States and territories disestablished in 1815 1792 establishments in France 1815 disestablishments in France