Yssel-Supérieur

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Location of Yssel-Supérieur in France (1812)

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Yssel-Supérieur within the northern French Empire (1811)

Yssel-Supérieur ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; "Upper IJssel"; Template:Langx) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was named after the river IJssel. It was formed in Template:Start date and age, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory roughly corresponded with the present-day Dutch province of Gelderland. Its capital was Arnhem.

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):<ref name=Gallica>Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII, p. 482-483, accessed in Gallica 18 August 2013 Template:In lang</ref>

• 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.

Its population in 1812 was 192,700, and its area was approximately 561,081 hectares.<ref name=Gallica/>

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.