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Gênes is the name of a département of the First French Empire
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The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empi






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Gênes is the name of a département of the First French Empire
First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
 in present Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It was named after the city Genoa
Genoa

Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000....
. It was formed in 1805, when Napoleon Bonaparte occupied the Republic of Genoa
Republic of Genoa

The Most Serene Republic of Genoa was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italy coast from the 11th century to 1797, when it was invaded by armies of First French Republic under Napoleon I of France....
. Its capital was Genoa
Genoa

Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000....
. It was divided into the arrondissement
Arrondissement

An arrondissement is an administrative division in France, most of the nations which were its former colonies in Africa and some other French-speaking nations, as well as in Belgium and the Netherlands....
s of Genoa, Bobbio
Bobbio

Bobbio is a small town and Comune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza....
, Novi Ligure
Novi Ligure

Novi Ligure is a town north of Genoa, in the Piedmont region of the province of Alessandria of northwest Italy.The town produces food, iron, steel, and textiles....
, Tortona
Tortona

*For the medieval scholar, see Marziano da TortonaTortona is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Apennines....
 and Voghera
Voghera

Voghera is a town and municipality of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Pavia. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora ....
. It was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Its territory is presently divided over the Italian provinces Genoa
Province of Genoa

The Province of Genoa is a Provinces of Italy in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Genoa.It has an area of 1,838 km?, and a total population of 890,863 ....
, Piacenza
Province of Piacenza

The Province of Piacenza is a Provinces of Italy in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Piacenza.The province has 273,689 inhabitants ....
, Alessandria
Province of Alessandria

The Province of Alessandria is an Italy Provinces of Italy, with a population of some 430,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont....
 and Pavia
Province of Pavia

The Province of Pavia is a Provinces of Italy in the region of Lombardy in Italy. City of Pavia is the capital.It has an area of 2,965 km?, and a total population of 493,829 ....
.