Corcyre
Corcyre (French: [kɔʁ.kiʁ]; archaic French for "Corfu"; Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized: Kerkyra) was one of three short-lived French departments of Greece.
Department of Corcyre Département de Corcyre | |||||||||||
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| 1797–1799 | |||||||||||
The three departments of Greece | |||||||||||
| Status | Department of the French First Republic | ||||||||||
| Chef-lieu | Corfu 39.70°N 19.79°E | ||||||||||
| Official languages | French | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Greek | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
• Commissioners | Louis Chicoilet de Corbigny Jean Briche | ||||||||||
| Historical era | French Revolutionary Wars | ||||||||||
• Treaty of Campo Formio | 18 October 1798 | ||||||||||
• Establishment | 7 November 1797 | ||||||||||
• Fall of Corfu | 3 March 1799 | ||||||||||
• Official disbandment | 25 March 1802 | ||||||||||
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