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Méditerranée was the name of a département of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the Mediterranean Sea. It was formed in 1808, when Tuscany was annexed by France. Its capital was Livorno. It was divided into the following arrondissements (situation 1812):
Elba was, from 1808 to 1811 a separate entity, ruled by a Commissaire général.
It was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Its territory is presently divided over the Italian provinces Livorno, Pisa, Florence and Siena.