- Yssel-Supérieur
Yssel-Supérieur ( _nl. Boven IJssel) was the name of a département of the
First French Empire in the presentNetherlands . It was named after the riverIJssel . It was formed in1810 , when theKingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with part of the present Dutch provinceGelderland . Its capital wasArnhem . The département was subdivided into the followingarrondissement s and cantons:*
Arnhem , cantons:Apeldoorn ,Arnhem ,Barneveld ,Brummen ,Ede ,Elburg ,Harderwijk ,Hattem ,Nijkerk , Twello,Vaassen ,Velp ,Wageningen andZevenaar .
*Tiel , cantons:Bemmel , Elst,Geldermalsen andTiel .
*Zutphen , cantons:Aalten ,Borculo ,Doesburg ,Doetinchem ,Eibergen ,Gendringen ,Groenlo ,'s-Heerenberg ,Lochem ,Terborg ,Vorden ,Warnsveld ,Winterswijk andZutphen . AfterNapoleon was defeated in1814 , the département became part of theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands .
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