Yssel-Supérieur
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Yssel-Supérieur (Dutch: Boven IJssel) is the name of a département of the First French Empire in the present Netherlands. It is named after the river IJssel. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponds with part of the present Dutch province Gelderland. Its capital was Arnhem. The département was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons:
- Arnhem, cantons: Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Barneveld, Brummen, Ede, Elburg, Harderwijk, Hattem, Nijkerk, Twello, Vaassen, Velp, Wageningen and Zevenaar.
- Tiel, cantons: Bemmel, Elst, Geldermalsen and Tiel.
- Zutphen, cantons: Aalten, Borculo, Doesburg, Doetinchem, Eibergen, Gendringen, Groenlo, 's-Heerenberg, Lochem, Terborg, Vorden, Warnsveld, Winterswijk and Zutphen.
After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the département became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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