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Mont-Blanc (department)

1792–1815 · 18th century

Mont-Blanc was a department of France created in November 1792 after French revolutionary troops occupied the Duchy of Savoy, with Chambéry as its capital. It took its name from the highest mountain of the Alps. Parts of it were transferred to the new department of Léman in 1798, and after Napoleon's fall the territory was returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1814–1815.

Mont-Blanc (department)
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mont-Blanc (department). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mont-blanc-department
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